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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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Greece: 12 GW+ of merchant batteries wait for the green light as curtailments escalate
Investors have submitted applications for 12.15 GW of utility-scale, standalone merchant battery storage projects in Greece, far exceeding the 4.7 GW the country plans to approve. But with wrestling over financing and key policy details still unresolved, the path to construction remains unclear.
Mar 19, 2026
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Canadian Solar subsidiary inks 2.5 GWh BESS deal for US data center support
E-storage will supply battery energy storage system (BESS) to major US utility with shipments expected to start in March 2027. Parent firm Canadian Solar says supply will “supporting data center grid infrastructure and resiliency.”
Australia’s big batteries become controversial: Trina Solar withdraws application as state governments intervene
The state of Queensland’s large battery projects approval mechanisms are under scrutiny after Trina Solar withdrew its 200 MW / 800 MWh Pleystowe battery energy storage system (BESS) project, while state ministers stepped into two other contested projects proposed by Potentia Energy and Iberdrola.
Mar 16, 2026
Ukraine prioritizes solar-plus-storage in renewables auctions
Newly-implemented rules governing Ukraine’s energy market introduce solar-plus-storage systems as a separate auction category, ease regulatory barriers governing standalone storage projects and establish processes for renewable energy facilities located in Ukraine’s occupied territories.
Setting the stage for US energy storage
Sweeping import tariffs and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) made waves for the US clean energy industry in a tempestuous 2025. While solar developers chase safe harboring deadlines, US energy storage manufacturing could benefit from rules that encourage onshoring, provided there is policy certainty to bank on.
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Solar-plus-storage dominating future U.S. power grid
A report from Berkeley Lab reveals a significant expansion of solar-plus-storage facilities in the U.S. power plant market, highlighting an evolution from frequency to arbitrage and curtailment mitigation markets. The best is yet to come, as ongoing price decreases are still being absorbed by the market and are already being used to fill the interconnection queues with terrawatts of capacity.
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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.
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