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Policymakers are increasingly recognizing the value of energy storage for building a greener, flexible, and reliable energy system. In a growing number of markets, energy policies are being introduced to support both deployment and local manufacturing.

Be it through procurement exercises or other market mechanisms, policymakers have intensified efforts to drive the development and deployment of all energy storage solutions.
However, in most markets, some barriers still exist.

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How energy storage could solve the growing US power crisis The opportunity is clear: with the right policy reforms, revenue mechanisms, and investment frameworks, energy storage can deliver near-term reliability, long-term resilience, and economic returns.
Rick Labrecque
16 hours ago
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India installed 341 MWh of battery energy storage capacity in 2024, says Mercom India’s cumulative battery energy storage installations are expected to reach nearly 15 GWh by 2027.
Uma Gupta
22 hours ago
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‘After the blackout, we saw a 70% increase in demand for batteries and hybrid kits’ Javier Rodríguez Lizcano, CEO of clean energy wholesaler Solarbox, tells pv magazine Spain about solar equipment trends and highlights growing interest in batteries and hybrid systems for homes and small businesses.
Jose Pedrosa
Jul 08, 2025
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Tesla deploys 9.6 GWh of battery storage in Q2, 10 GWh Nevada cell factory ‘nears completion’ The electric vehicle company reported flat energy storage growth, quarter over quarter, but nearly 50% growth year-to-date, compared with 2024. Tesla has deployed 37.9 GWh over the past four quarters and is approaching 100 GWh deployed.
John Fitzgerald Weaver
Jul 08, 2025
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Batteries paired with 26% of new rooftop PV in Spain in 2024 The figure underscores continual growth in distributed energy despite a decline in total installed storage capacity.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jul 07, 2025
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US DOE awards $14m for unique energy storage systems for critical facilities and infrastructure The US Department of Energy's (DoE) Critical Facility Energy Resilience (CiFER) fund will back an organic quinone flow battery and an iron and sodium long duration energy storage (LDES) system in California, plus a lithium battery with a novel cathode material in New York state.
Max Hall
Jul 04, 2025
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ContourGlobal announces 9.5 GWh BESS acquisitions in Italy ContourGlobal has annouunced that it has acquired 1.6 GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Italy with up to 9.5 GWh of energy storage capacity ahead of the MACSE auctions. The entire portfolio is expected to be commissioned in 2028.
Sergio Matalucci
Jul 03, 2025

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Northvolt announces 1,600 redundancies in Sweden The European battery maker has made the move as part of a strategic review which will focus on getting its first 16 GWh of production capacity running at its Northvolt Ett site.
Max Hall
Sep 24, 2024
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Indian tender for 2.4 GW solar-plus-storage NHPC Ltd. has launched a tender to select developers to construct 1.2 GW of grid-connected solar projects with energy storage plus an additional 1.2 GW of solar-plus-storage sites under a 'greenshoe option.'
Uma Gupta
Sep 24, 2024
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Battery companies can access funds in Poland, Indo-Pacific markets Two separate renewables funding announcements have made grants and loans available to battery companies on opposite sides of the planet.
David Carroll, Patrick Jowett
Sep 23, 2024
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US announces $3bn for battery manufacturing, recycling Iron-air battery manufacture and numerous recycling plants are among the projects to benefit from the latest round of Department of Energy (DoE) funding.
Max Hall
Sep 23, 2024
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San Diego refuses call to ban battery storage projects Battery blazes at Otay Mesa and Escondido prompted calls for a temporary halt on new sites but the local authority decided instead to extend a requirement to include details of fire safety systems as part of planning applications.
Max Hall
Sep 20, 2024
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Greece announces downsized auction for battery storage in coal regions The Greek government decided to auction 100 MW less capacity than initially sought and to offer more money to the awarded projects than expected.
Ilias Tsagas
Sep 20, 2024
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Battery companies claim UK utility National Grid skips their sites for gas peaker plants over 90% of time The chief executives of four energy storage companies have published an open letter which claims their battery sites are being skipped up to 90% of the time, in favor of more expensive fossil fuel plants.
Max Hall
Sep 18, 2024
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Banking on batteries in Chile The Chilean solar market is booming but as curtailment grows, a hybrid approach to generation is gaining ground. Storage project announcements are coming thick and fast as co-location with wind turbines offers cost efficiency and a smoother generation profile. Meanwhile, new capacity mechanism rules could take Chile one step closer to runaway battery growth.
, Matthew Lynas
Sep 18, 2024
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India’s energy storage potential The Renewable Energy Expo India (REI) returns to Greater Noida at the start of October 2024, for its 17th edition. For the second year running, The Battery Show India will run concurrently with REI. <b>pv magazine</b> caught up with <b>Julian Thomas</b>, senior project director at show organizer Informa Markets, to discuss why energy storage and electric vehicles (EVs) are the key to India’s energy transition.
Mark Hutchins
Sep 18, 2024

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