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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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CRRC Zhuzhou taps Hithium for massive 120 GWh battery supply deal The landmark supply pact highlights a shift from price wars to supply chain stability.
Vincent Shaw
18 hours ago
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What to know about ERCOT’s new RTC+B program Under the real-time co-optimization structure, batteries will be recognized as both generators and loads.
Phoebe Skok
19 hours ago
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Poland selects 183 energy storage projects under $1 billion oversubscribed subsidy program The requested funding for energy storage facilities, with a combined power output of over 20 GW and an energy capacity of 122 GWh, totaled nearly PLN 28 billion ($7.7billion) – almost seven times the program’s available budget.
Marija Maisch
20 hours ago
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Angola, Cabo Verde inaugurate major co-located battery storage projects In Angola, 75.26 MWh of battery storage has begun operating as part of Africa’s largest off-grid renewable energy system to date. Meanwhile, Cabo Verde has switched on a 26 MWh storage system tied to an existing wind farm.
Patrick Jowett
22 hours ago
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“More than 1.7 TW of renewable and hybrid projects ‘stuck’ in grid connection queues across Europe” The Energy Storage Europe Association recommends a reform of connection procedures, the establishment of priority lanes for storage and other grid-forming projects, appropriately designed flexible connection agreements (FCAs), and the introduction of hosting capacity maps from grid operators to guide investment and improve system planning.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 09, 2025
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Colombia advances policy for 5 MW+ grid-connected and off-grid energy storage A new regulatory proposal from the Colombian government outlines the technical and commercial rules for energy storage assets. The framework targets both the national grid and remote microgrids to handle increasing climatic variability.
Luis Ini
Dec 09, 2025
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Great Britain axes 153 GW of zombie projects to clear the queue for shovel-ready BESS Grid connection overhaul removes 153 GW of battery energy storage projects from connection queue as National Energy System Operator (NESO) implements new process prioritizing ready-to-build projects. NESO’s reform followed a tenfold increase in the connections queue over a five-year period.
Matthew Lynas
Dec 09, 2025

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Tesla batteries at a solar facility
India launches 2 GW solar, storage tender Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) is accepting bids to set up 2 GW of solar PV power projects with 1 GW/4 GWh energy storage systems on a build-own-operate basis. The projects can be located anywhere in India and must be connected to the interstate transmission system.
Uma Gupta
Aug 02, 2024
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Battery energy storage container
Portugal allocates funding for 500 MW of energy storage The Portuguese Ministry of Energy has allocated EUR 100 million ($108 million) for grid flexibility and energy storage projects which should be installed by the end of 2025.
Marija Maisch
Aug 01, 2024
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EP Produzione secures 170 MW battery storage in Italian capacity market auction Italy's latest capacity market auction has catalyzed 233 MW of new capacity with the lion's share of projects secured by EP Produzione across two battery storage developments.
Marija Maisch
Aug 01, 2024
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India can leverage its solar and storage edge to avoid power shortages Large-scale solar-plus-storage is the main option left to avoid power shortages as such systems can be deployed much faster than new thermal and hydro assets. Recent gigawatt-scale solar-plus-storage auction results, with a record low price of INR 3.40 ($0.04)/kWh, show that such deployment will be highly economical, according to a new study from the University of California’s India Energy and Climate Center.
Uma Gupta
Jul 31, 2024
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Solar panels in the Philippines surrounded by green grass in a field.
Philippines announces renewables, energy storage auction The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has said that energy storage and maximizing the country’s existing renewable energy infrastructure will be a major theme for its next green energy auction. GEA-4 will take place in the final quarter of 2024.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jul 30, 2024
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Battery storage on a capacity market In Germany – but not only there – there is a heated debate about the pros and cons of a capacity market. The German Renewable Energy Association is against it, and recently the German New Energy Industry Association, the DIHK and the EEX energy exchange have also taken a clear stance: Germany does not need a “power plant subsidy program.” In this article, four experts explain why battery storage can also play an important role in a capacity market and make recommendations on how the design of the market can help avoid mismanagement, wrong incentives and unnecessary costs.
Lennard Wilkening, Kilian Leykam, Johannes Müller
Jul 30, 2024
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Data reveals dominant players in Australian battery market Analysis by solar and storage market consultancy SunWiz has identified the most popular brand of behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems in the Australian market with Chinese manufacturers leading the way.
David Carroll
Jul 29, 2024
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SECI allocates 630 MW renewables-plus-storage in India The winning developers will set up renewable energy projects backed with energy storage systems to supply a cumulative 630 MW of firm and dispatchable renewable power.
Uma Gupta
Jul 26, 2024
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EWEC seeks proposals for 400 MW battery storage project in Abu Dhabi The battery energy storage project will provide operating reserves and crucial ancillary services such as frequency response and voltage regulation, further reinforcing the security of supply and supporting Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) to increase its solar capacity to 7.5 GW by 2030.
Marija Maisch
Jul 25, 2024

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