Portfolio — 25 June 2026

Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen announced results from the Capacity Investment Scheme's Tender 8, selecting 15 projects that will deliver 4.2 GW (16.1 GWh) of large-scale battery storage — enough to power 3.7 million east-coast homes for four hours [TA-260624-climat-71d3bc716dff]. The selected projects span NSW, Queensland, Victoria and South Australia, and Bowen said they will unlock approximately $6 billion in private investment and create more than 6,800 jobs [TA-260624-climat-7c484db39ca0].

With Tender 8 settled, the minister simultaneously opened Tender 10, targeting a further 4 GW (16 GWh) of clean dispatchable storage, with bids due by 18 August 2026 [TA-260624-climat-7c484db39ca0]. The consecutive tender cadence signals an accelerating pipeline: the scheme is being used to convert private capital commitments into contracted grid capacity at scale, with each round building directly on prior results.

Bowen's messaging framed the programme not only in terms of energy affordability and household bill relief, but also as a buffer against overseas supply shocks — a framing that extends the portfolio's rationale beyond climate and into energy security. The observations flag that the phrase "grid resilience to overseas supply shocks" carries cross-domain resonance into Defence, though the source records themselves remain anchored squarely in the climate and energy portfolio.

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