Queensland Grid Hits 79.5% Renewables+Storage Record — Battery Share Doubles Year-on-Year

On May 31, 2026, Queensland's electricity grid achieved a new instantaneous record of 79.5% renewables and battery storage as a share of consumption (at 11:20 AEST), surpassing the previous record of 78.4% set on April 13. Battery storage simultaneously set a new record of 16.9% instantaneous consumption share (at 10:50 AEST), more than doubling the comparable figure of 6.4% from May 2025. The record was driven by over 4 GW of rooftop solar PV, strong grid-scale solar dispatch, and over 1.2 GW of battery storage output. Queensland is historically Australia's most coal-dependent state grid, making the milestone particularly significant: it shows that even heavy coal states are being transformed by the pace of renewable and storage deployment. The record was set under Queensland's LNP coalition government — the first renewable grid record under that administration — underscoring that the clean energy transition is outpacing political headwinds.