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Home battery deployment soaring in Australia More than 1.2 GWh of new behind-the-meter energy storage capacity was installed across Australia in December 2025 as households and businesses sought to take advantage of the federal government’s revised $7.2 billion Cheaper Home Batteries Program.
David Carroll
Jan 07, 2026
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Policy
Battery storage drives record year for UK renewables planning approvals Cornwall Insight analysis reveals planning permission granted to more battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in first nine months of 2025 than in all of 2024. Approvals granted in year when planning consent became key to securing grid connections.
Matthew Lynas
Jan 07, 2026
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Tenders
India’s energy storage market set for breakout year in 2026 After a record year for energy storage tenders in 2025, projects awarded since mid-2023 are expected to begin commissioning in 2026, reflecting typical development timelines of 18 to 24 months.
Uma Gupta
Jan 07, 2026
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Flow batteries
China connects world’s largest vanadium flow battery project Gigawatt-hour scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) project is expected to reduce curtailment in Xinjiang, a region of China with high solar and wind generation, and transmission bottlenecks. The flow battery installation is co-located with a PV plant.
Matthew Lynas
Jan 07, 2026
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Germany sets energy storage capacity record in 2025 despite fewer new systems More than 2.2 million energy storage systems have now been installed in Germany, with around 526,000 new systems added in 2025 – around one quarter of the total fleet. Small-scale energy storage continues to dominate new additions, but the number of projects in the planning phase suggests large-scale storage could be set for significant growth.
Sandra Enkhardt
Jan 06, 2026
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Auctions
How 2025 regulatory changes could impact Brazil’s 2026 battery energy storage auction Long anticipated since 2024, Brazil's capacity reserve auction for battery energy storage systems (BESS) is drawing closer. Throughout 2025, auction rules and regulations were progressively developed, and toward the end of the year new regulatory guidelines for energy storage were introduced through Law 15,269.
Lívia Neves
Jan 06, 2026
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R&D
Corrosion-free bromine flow battery promises longer life and higher energy density A new two-electron bromine chemistry sharply cuts corrosion while boosting performance, opening a clearer path for zinc–bromine flow batteries at grid scale.
Vincent Shaw
Jan 06, 2026
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Second-life batteries
French grid operator taps recycled batteries to lower energy bills In Morbihan, in the northwest of France, the local network operator is turning to recycled batteries to to reduce electricity costs for municipalities in the region.
Marie Beyer
Jan 06, 2026
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Grid-scale
Island BESS: 400 MWh of batteries for Puerto Rico, first standalone project in Hawaii Construction is underway on two projects with a cumulative capacity of 400 MWh in Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, Hawaiian Electric has broken ground on a 160 MWh project – the island's first of its kind.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jan 06, 2026
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