“You cannot build a whole electricity system purely on solar-based hybrids.” Katsikas said that holding a CISA changed the entire negotiation process between contractors and financiers for solar and storage projects. Wheals called for a policy to encourage data centres to locate closer to generation projects where possible and to require them to procure large-scale generation certificates. Codevelle noted that South Australia’s inaugural Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism (FERM) tender had seen battery storage systems win all contracts. Never miss an Australian energy storage story.