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Brazil’s battery capacity auction risks being delayed until 2027
The competition still lacks a policy framework and must take place five to six months after its publication. Brazil's storage association warns of a need for additional power starting in 2028, with a growing risk of a deficit. The battery LRCAP has been expected since 2024.
May 11, 2026
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Colombia launches long-term electricity auction, opens participation to battery energy storage systems
The resolution establishes 15-year contracts with obligations starting in 2030, along with an additional procurement window in 2035 for one of the products, with implementation scheduled before July 31, 2026.
Long-duration battery storage can contribute to security of supply more cost-effectively than gas-fired power plants, LCP Delta finds
LCP Delta has conducted a study analyzing the potential contribution of long-duration battery storage to security of supply within capacity tenders in Germany, including an economic comparison with gas-fired power plants and the resulting costs to the public. However, the authors explicitly note that they are not advocating for a complete phase-out of new gas-fired power plants.
Philippines announces 7th renewables auction, mandates integrated BESS
The country’s seventh green energy auction is set to procure rooftop, ground-mounted and floating solar projects across the Philippines, with increased allocation in Mindanao. The Department of Energy plans to release the auction’s terms of reference during the second quarter of this year.
Japan: First capacity market battery commissioned, finance secured for 270 MWh Kikugawa BESS
Private and public cash supports more energy storage deployment in Japan, as developers take different approaches to project financing. More large-scale grid-connected projects expected in the wake of oversubscribed Japanese capacity market auction.
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MACSE auction: A game changer for Italy’s energy storage sector
With the first auctions for procuring new storage capacity in Italy expected in the second quarter of 2025, Aurora Energy Research has analyzed the internal rate of return for projects supported by the Energy Storage Capacity Procurement Mechanism (MACSE) and found that in certain cases expected returns exceed 9%, providing a high level of revenue security. However, as Aurora’s Maddalena Cerreto tells ESS News, there are also zones where the expected profitability of merchant investments outcomes the MACSE ones.
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How Brazil’s first capacity reserve auction of 2025 could impact battery demand
Changes to Brazil's first capacity reserve auction of 2025 could undermine the expansion of the procurement regime to include battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the second exercise of the year, according to Markus Vlasits, chairman of Brazil's energy storage trade body.
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UK regulator unveils first details of LDES cap-and-floor scheme
Ofgem sets out proposals for long-duration energy storage support scheme in letter to industry. Increased minimum capacity requirements and secured grid connection agreements floated as regulator acknowledges need to move quickly to meet government deployment targets.
Spain plans first capacity market auctions for summer 2025
The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has opened consultation about a capacity mechanism to ensure security of electricity grid supply. The resulting capacity market would be expected to be operational in 2026.
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