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Five Australian BESS projects totalling 7.9 GWh advance through approvals Australia's massive battery pipeline continues to grow, with projects being filed and making their way through key approvals.
Tristan Rayner
Mar 26, 2026
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Second-life EV batteries get tick from US data center operator Solar-plus-storage gets a tick to directly supply data centers in this expansion of a microgrid deal that ties in second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
Tristan Rayner
Mar 25, 2026
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Münch Energie builds out Germany’s largest battery cluster, hands commercial side to Suena Germany's largest contiguous battery storage project is now live, with an 800 MWh target by year-end. A marketing agreement with Suena Energy covering 300 MWh of the portfolio, including the country's largest grid-drawing co-location asset, delivers the first part of the commercial picture.
Jochen Siemer, Tristan Rayner
Mar 25, 2026
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$1 billion in Texas project financing: esVolta and Doral Renewables secure funds for ERCOT solar, storage Everything's bigger in Texas, including two major financing packages, with MUFG Bank backing esVolta’s 300 MWh Boxcar battery system and Doral Renewables' 430 MW Cold Creek solar-plus-storage complex.
Tristan Rayner
Mar 25, 2026
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Italy’s Ministry authorizes 467 MW of new BESS projects, Norway’s Statkraft a winner Seven projects spanning six Italian regions have cleared MASE's authorization process in rapid succession, adding nearly half a gigawatt of battery storage to the pipeline.
Massimiliano Tripodo, Tristan Rayner
Mar 24, 2026
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Why Rhythm Energy turned to Origin’s Kinergy for its Texas VPP ambitions In a first for North America, the Texas retailer is entering home battery aggregation, using Origin's Kinergy platform that comes out of Australia, along with interoperability specialist Intertrust. Co-founder Matthew Tolliver explains the choices, why residential batteries are the starting point, and the still strong friction in scaling VPPs.
Tristan Rayner
Mar 24, 2026
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Why BESS insurers are sweating transformers and contractor errors over battery fires The BESS insurance risk profile is shifting. In an exclusive interview, Tokio Marine GX underwriter Michael Carrington explains why insurers are looking past battery fires and sweating over supply chain bottlenecks, high-voltage transformers, and costly EPC integration errors.
Tristan Rayner
Mar 20, 2026
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Another big Romanian BESS deal: Sieyuan and Alive Capital agree on 2.5 GWh BESS deployments Another inked deal in Romania continues the battery energy storage system (BESS) build-out plans.
Tristan Rayner
Mar 20, 2026
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Panasonic claims world’s first trial of cybersecurity monitoring for grid-scale BESS A Japanese joint-pilot will test grid-scale BESS with a range of local and remote attack vectors, with cybersecurity monitoring to watch for indications of anomalies.
Tristan Rayner
Mar 19, 2026

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