Battery Surge Crushes Gas Dominance as Renewable Transition Faces New Roadblocks

Australia's evening power peak—when the grid is under most pressure—has been fundamentally reshaped: batteries now supply 49% of dispatchable power during the 5pm-8pm window, up from just 0.4% in 2020, while gas generation plummeted 67% in the year to August. EnergyEdge analysis confirms half a million home batteries installed under government subsidies have supercharged this shift, with managing director Josh Stabler calling it "the fastest uptake of any electricity asset...