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California’s SB 886 could make storage a prerequisite for data center interconnection If passed, SB 886 would require large load users to cover half of their hourly needs with zero-carbon, dispatchable energy resources.

18 hours ago

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Massachusetts targets gigawatts of new energy, 5 GW of storage by 2035 Executive order from Governor Healey targets 4 GW of in-state solar, 3.5 GW of demand side resources, and 5 GW of energy storage by 2030.

23 hours ago

Projects & Applications

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

Policy

Brazil’s Energy Ministry talks minimum storage requirements for new distributed generation Brazil's government continues to get closer to a battery storage tender, while signalling mandatory storage for new distributed generation

Mar 18, 2026

Policy

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

Auctions

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.

Mar 16, 2026

Markets

Grenada opens early market engagement for national BESS procurement Grenada is working towards procuing a utility-sized BESS to supply its main island, located at its international airport.

Mar 16, 2026

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Finance

Financial close for 336 MWh of Lithuanian batteries Developers Green Genius and Olana Energy have reached financial decisions on 49 MW/196 MWh and 70 MW/140 MWh battery energy storage systems (BESS), respectively.

Sep 18, 2025

Products

SolaX Power: Batteries to drive Brazil’s energy transition China's SolaX Power says batteries can be considered 'Solar 2.0,' thanks to a booming market and the growing presence of manufacturers.

Alessandra Neris

Sep 18, 2025

Policy

California home batteries replacing gas plants, saving hundreds of millions of dollars Brattle Group has analyzed a gigawatt-hour-scale virtual power plant test, that may have been the world’s largest, as part of a review of the US state’s distributed peak-shaving program.

John Fitzgerald Weaver

Sep 17, 2025

Markets

Australia’s biggest battery storage tender awards more than 15 GWh of projects CIS Tender 3 targeted 4 GW/16 GWh of dispatchable capacity in the National Electricity Market (NEM), but saw 124 bids worth around 34 GW/135 GWh bid in.

Sep 16, 2025

Distributed

Spain sees 88% annual rise in self-consumption batteries While dominant industrial systems led another decline in self-consumption equipment, residential installations rose 11.6% for January-to-June, year-on-year, with backup mode popular to hedge against grid failures.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Sep 16, 2025

Policy

California cuts funding for nation’s largest virtual power plant With the US state facing a $12 billion budget shortfall, lawmakers have chosen not to renew funding for a flagship program.

Sep 16, 2025

Policy

Spain’s $16bn, five-year plan to unclog its transmission grid The new strategy allocates up to €7.7 billion ($9 billion) more for electricity distribution grid spending and an additional €3.6 billion for the transmission network. The latter infrastructure must meet almost 28 GW extra demand through 2030, 14 times more than previously expected.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Sep 15, 2025

Tenders

Pumped hydro among bids in 1.5 GW Massachusetts energy storage tender The procurement exercise, for four- to 10-hour energy storage resources ties into the state’s target of procuring 5 GW of energy storage by 2030.

Sep 15, 2025

Policy

China targets 180 GW of new energy storage by 2027 in ambitous national plan Announced by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA), the new plan is expected to drive CNY 250 billion (approximately $35 billion) in sector investment.

Sep 12, 2025

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