We conduct public interest financial analysis on the most profound economic transformation since the industrial revolution: the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

BESS deployments booming Batteries are the biggest disruptive force in global energy markets in 2025. Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility battery market. Rho Motion reports Grid-scale BESS market saw 12.7GWh of new capacity enter operations globally in October 2025, +29% y-o-y. Meanwhile, global YTD deployments have reached 156GWh, +38% yoy. China led new operational capacity with 8.8GWh of utility scale BESS added in the Oct 2025 month – double what Australia will do this year – including one giga-scale vanadium flow battery. Read more

Climate Energy Finance director Tim Buckley said those major exporters would be “terminally challenged” over coming decades as countries shifted to renewable energy to meet commitments under the 2015 Paris agreement. “This should send a strong reminder to Australia as the second largest exporter of thermal coal behind only Indonesia that our key trade partners are responding to climate science and their treaty obligations,” he said. Read more

Australia’s shift to renewable energy isn’t just cutting emissions, it’s also cutting costs for consumers. TIM BUCKLEY Founder, Climate Energy Finance “Solar has gone from being un-bankable to being now the preferred solution for utility scale and that is the battery energy storage disruption.” Read more