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Brazil: Upcoming auction may see battery storage priced significantly cheaper than thermal plants 'There is no scenario in which thermal plants matches batteries'
Lívia Neves
Feb 19, 2026
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Brazil’s reserve battery capacity auction guidelines near finalization, 20 GW of projects already in line ANEEL has approved March auctions for thermal and hydroelectric plants, with over 125 GW registered. Guidelines for the April LRCAP battery auction are still pending, but more than 20 GW of projects are already in development.
Lívia Neves
Feb 11, 2026
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Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy meets CATL and Huawei to discuss energy storage Minister Alexandre Silveira presented the framework for the upcoming battery auction in April, emphasizing the government’s work to shift away from a mineral-export–only model.
Lívia Neves
Jan 28, 2026
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Brazil eyes gigawatt-scale energy storage growth in 2026 The Brazilian Association of Energy Storage Solutions (ABSAE) predicts that installations in Brazil’s commercial and industrial (C&I) segment should exceed 2 GWh in 2026. In addition, the group expects procurements of approximately 8 GWh in the auction scheduled for April, which will procure projects for delivery from 2028.
Lívia Neves
Jan 15, 2026
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India’s storage auction bids falling short of project economics, Mercom reports Only around 50% of standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects auctioned between July and November 2025 demonstrate positive project economics under modeled assumptions, according to Mercom India Research’s newly released report.
Uma Gupta
Jan 13, 2026
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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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Spain allocates funding for 9.4 GWh of large-scale storage projects The bulk of the €814 million ($956 million) funding envelope will be directed to co-located energy storage projects, with standalone batteries receiving the next largest share.
Marija Maisch
Jan 02, 2026

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Brazil: Upcoming auction may see battery storage priced significantly cheaper than thermal plants 'There is no scenario in which thermal plants matches batteries'
Lívia Neves
Feb 19, 2026
View article
Brazil’s reserve battery capacity auction guidelines near finalization, 20 GW of projects already in line ANEEL has approved March auctions for thermal and hydroelectric plants, with over 125 GW registered. Guidelines for the April LRCAP battery auction are still pending, but more than 20 GW of projects are already in development.
Lívia Neves
Feb 11, 2026
View article
Brazil’s Minister of Mines and Energy meets CATL and Huawei to discuss energy storage Minister Alexandre Silveira presented the framework for the upcoming battery auction in April, emphasizing the government’s work to shift away from a mineral-export–only model.
Lívia Neves
Jan 28, 2026
View article
Brazil eyes gigawatt-scale energy storage growth in 2026 The Brazilian Association of Energy Storage Solutions (ABSAE) predicts that installations in Brazil’s commercial and industrial (C&I) segment should exceed 2 GWh in 2026. In addition, the group expects procurements of approximately 8 GWh in the auction scheduled for April, which will procure projects for delivery from 2028.
Lívia Neves
Jan 15, 2026
View article
India’s storage auction bids falling short of project economics, Mercom reports Only around 50% of standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects auctioned between July and November 2025 demonstrate positive project economics under modeled assumptions, according to Mercom India Research’s newly released report.
Uma Gupta
Jan 13, 2026
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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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Spain allocates funding for 9.4 GWh of large-scale storage projects The bulk of the €814 million ($956 million) funding envelope will be directed to co-located energy storage projects, with standalone batteries receiving the next largest share.
Marija Maisch
Jan 02, 2026
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Greece struggles to connect battery storage projects Greece has run three auctions, allocating permits to develop 900 MW of standalone, front-of-the-meter battery storage. Yet, the country has failed to plug any project to the network, although it has installed about 300 MW of battery projects which are waiting to be electrified.
Ilias Tsagas
Jan 02, 2026
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Poland downgrades BESS availability, plummets total awards in capacity market auction Poland’s grid operator has cut battery storage availability to 13.4%, a move that effectively boosts new gas projects while marginalizing batteries, raising serious concerns about the auction’s design.
Tristan Rayner
Dec 30, 2025

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