How Queensland's grid-scale batteries performed in October 2026: energy and FCAS market revenue, $/MW, $/MWh, top performers, and price events.
Queensland (QLD1) batteries earned $546k in estimated gross energy and FCAS market revenue so far in October 2026, from 14 grid-scale units tracked by NEMPulse. Figures cover October 2026 to date (through 1 Oct 2026).
Normalised across 2,792 MW and 6,156 MWh of registered capacity, the region earned $195/MW and $89/MWh for the period.
Total revenue was up 41% on the same days of September 2026, which returned $387k. Per MW per day — which strips out both fleet growth and the length of the window — earnings were up 30% at $195/MW/day. Optimal capture slipped 12 points, from 81% to 68%.
Energy arbitrage supplied 99% of the total and FCAS 1%, with estimated Frequency Performance Payments contributing the remaining 0% ($258). Within FCAS, regulation accounted for 94% and contingency 6%; the single largest market was raise regulation at $4k.
Against the perfect-foresight energy benchmark, Queensland batteries captured 68% of what hindsight would have earned, an estimated $243k of unrealised upside.
On capture of the perfect-foresight energy benchmark, the strongest performers were Western Downs Battery Energy Storage System (90%), Swanbank BESS (78%), Brendale BESS (77%). At the other end: Greenbank BESS (59%), Chinchilla BESS, Units 1-80 (46%), Tarong BESS (40%) — capture reflects strategy, contracting and constraints as much as skill, so a low figure is not automatically underperformance.
The strongest single day was 1 Oct 2026 at $546k, and the best single battery-day was Supernode BESS on 1 Oct 2026 with $94k.
Supernode BESS led the region with $94k. Full dispatch, state-of-charge and bidding detail is available on each battery's page.
| Battery | Energy + FCAS | $/MW | $/MWh | Capture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supernode BESS | $94k | $360/MW | $86/MWh | 76% |
| Swanbank BESS | $57k | $226/MW | $113/MWh | 78% |
| Western Downs Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | $55k | $218/MW | $109/MWh | 74% |
| Western Downs Battery Energy Storage System | $54k | $212/MW | $135/MWh | 90% |
| Supernode BESS | $52k | $202/MW | $96/MWh | 72% |
| Brendale BESS | $51k | $251/MW | $125/MWh | 77% |
| Broadsound Energy Park | $39k | $218/MW | $109/MWh | 73% |
| Ulinda Park BESS | $34k | $220/MW | $114/MWh | 69% |
| Tarong BESS | $32k | $107/MW | $53/MWh | 40% |
| Greenbank BESS | $32k | $158/MW | $79/MWh | 59% |
| Wandoan Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) | $15k | $149/MW | $100/MWh | 75% |
| Woolooga BESS | $14k | $64/MW | $24/MWh | 69% |
Capture = actual energy revenue as a share of the perfect-foresight LP benchmark; shown only for units with material modelled upside.
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Automatically generated from AEMO public data using fixed templates (not AI-written). Figures are estimated gross market revenue (energy + FCAS) from dispatch — they exclude contracts, hedges and network-support schemes (e.g. SIPS), so actual commercial revenue will differ.
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