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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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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
3 hours ago
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Indonesia to announce new government regulation to encourage BESS, hydrogen in remote locations A forthcoming decree is expected to unlock battery‑driven hybrid projects across remote power systems with a 10 MW threshold being established.
Tristan Rayner
7 hours ago
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Energy Vault locks in 1.5 GWh of Peak Energy’s sodium-ion batteries for AI data centers The companies will co-develop a full-stack storage platform – combining Peak Energy’s sodium-ion batteries with Energy Vault’s proprietary digital stack -dedicated to the Swiss company's AI infrastructure portfolio.
Marija Maisch
Feb 10, 2026
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Hithium to deliver 2 GWh of long-duration storage to Ukraine The supply deal includes 6.25 MWh and 5 MWh battery storage systems, with approximately 400 MWh scheduled for initial delivery in Q1 2026.
Marija Maisch
Feb 10, 2026
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InfoLink: 2025 energy storage cell shipments jump 95% to 612 GWh as market flips from glut to tightness InfoLink says 2025 shipments rose to 612.39 GWh, with non-China demand exceeding China in H2.
Vincent Shaw
Feb 09, 2026
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Abu Dhabi unveils solar-plus-storage self-supply policy The Abu Dhabi Department of Energy has introduced a policy designed to support deployment of solar systems for self-consumption, with the first phase of the policy targeting the agricultural sector.
Patrick Jowett
Feb 09, 2026
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In Brazil, batteries will now be subject to up to a 20% import tax Following a decision by the Brazilian government, the three primary import classifications for batteries and energy storage systems will see their import tax rates rise to 20%. This move, aimed at capital and informatics goods, replaces the previous rates that ranged between 16% and 18%.
Lívia Neves
Feb 09, 2026

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Australian government push for community electrification met with renewed calls for federal residential battery subsidy With the Australian federal government increasing efforts to support community electrification programs, industry bodies have responded with renewed calls for a national program to accelerate residential battery uptake. The Smart Energy Council said that, as a federal election campaign looms, a battery support scheme could be promised and implemented quickly, delivering a “win for hip pockets.”
Jonathan Gifford
Jan 30, 2025
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Tesla energy storage
Indian tenders for 2.9 GWh of energy storage capacity State-owned NTPC wants national solar-plus-storage sites including 600 MW/2.4 GWh of energy storage and the state of Telangana is tendering for 250 MW/500 MWh of standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Uma Gupta
Jan 30, 2025
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Canceled Australian pumped-hydro site could see energy bills rocket Bill payers could be paying 60% more for their electricity in 2035 and 40% more per year through 2040 unless the government of Queensland can provide an alternative to the shelved 5 GW/120 GWh Pioneer-Burdekin pumped-hydro energy storage (PHES) project.
Max Hall
Jan 30, 2025
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Qair secures 800 MWh of Polish battery storage projects The French independent power producer has secured 17-year contracts for the two battery storage projects in Poland's 2029 capacity market auction.
Marija Maisch
Jan 29, 2025
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SEIA calls for 700 GWh of U.S. energy storage by 2030 The U.S. solar trade body has outlined analysis and policy recommendations for an ambitious energy storage rollout by 2030, including 10 million distributed storage systems.
Marija Maisch
Jan 29, 2025
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Australian minister wants more federal funding for home solar, batteries The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has been directed to consider more funding for residential solar and battery systems as the federal government examines how best to expand household electrification.
David Carroll
Jan 29, 2025
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Spanish grid operator starts publishing energy storage data Red Eléctrica de España (REE) has begun publishing pumped hydro and battery energy storage data and said the proportion of clean energy in Spain's power mix rose 1% in 2024 as a result of the updated figures.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Jan 28, 2025
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US flow battery makers discuss life under Trump ESS News spoke to Matt Harper, from vanadium flow battery (VFB) maker Invinity, and Eugene Beh, CEO of Quino Energy, which uses a water-based electrolyte in its aqeous organic quinone redox flow batteries.
Max Hall
Jan 27, 2025
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Gran Canaria launches sports arena battery tender for $1.5 million The project will be hybridized with 770 kW of solar, inaugurated in December 2023, in a bid to stage clean energy sporting events.
Jose Pedrosa
Jan 27, 2025

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