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Romania: $150 million for storage in municipalities, funding for 500 MWh battery project
Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan has unveiled a new €150 million energy storage program, expected to deliver 385 MW of battery storage projects across Romanian municipalities. Meanwhile, one of the country’s largest standalone battery storage projects has secured financing.
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With Trump absent from COP30, Newsom says California leads the charge with 17 GW of battery storage
"While Donald Trump clings to fossil fuels and cedes clean energy manufacturing and jobs to China, California is building the future here at home," Governor Newsom said addressing the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil.
Battery storage participation in Brazil’s capacity auctions could cut costs, says analyst
Analysis says battery storage has multiple benefits for Brazil if it plays a larger role in upcoming capacity auctions, while recommending clearer locational signals and updated grid-tariff rules to unlock investment.
“It’s a miracle we have any storage projects in Germany at all”
Interview: Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur or BNetzA) recently published an FAQ on grid connections for large-scale battery storage. It says that big battery systems require two separate procedures — one for charging (grid draw) and one for discharging (grid feed-in). Attorney Britta Wißmann from Watson Farley & Williams explains what this means for ongoing projects and existing grid connection approvals.
Grid update to provide major boost to battery storage in Ireland
The updated scheduling and dispatch program allows battery energy storage systems (BESS) to be fully integrated into Ireland’s real-time electricity market where they can both charge and discharge power and select their preferred charging and discharging times.
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At least 18 GW of batteries await Brazil’s planned auction
While Brazil is making progress in customer-side, "behind-the-meter" and off-grid battery solutions – with more than 700 MWh – it still lacks guidelines for a planned gigawatt-scale national auction. Markus Vlasits, president of the Brazilian Association of Energy Storage Solutions (ABSAE), tells pv magazine about the nation's utility-scale battery bottleneck.
Panama to include storage in energy auctions
In an exclusive interview with pv magazine, Panamanian Energy Secretary Juan Manuel Urriola said the government will open the electricity market to private investment and revise regulations to enable energy storage. Urriola also emphasized the importance of long-term planning and transparent bidding to attract developers.
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EcoFlow reports storage surge as Germany reaches 1 million balcony power systems registered
EcoFlow reveals just how much storage is being added into the plug-in balcony solar system ecosystem in Germany. ESS News spoke with Arne Herkelmann, regional product manager at EcoFlow, about the milestone, the critical data shaping the market, and the hurdles that remain in Germany and wider Europe.
Australian regulator to fine grid assets which destabilize ferquency and reward those which balance it
Regulator the Australian Energy Market Operator's (AEMO) reform of frequency performance payments (FPP) will future-proof the National Electricity Market (NEM) grid by setting real-time incentives for fast and flexible assets such as batteries.
Italian region allocates funding for renewables, energy storage for business
Sardinia's councillor for industry, Emanuele Cani, announced grant funding for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Sulcis Iglesiente mining region and said a wider program of help would be offered across the island in due course.
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Why long-duration doesn’t pay – yet.
Despite growing recognition of long-duration storage’s importance, independent system operator (ISO) and regional transmission organization (RTO) market structures in the US still reward short-term response, leaving developers little financial incentive to build batteries with more than two hours of capacity.
Cybersecurity as a powerful tool to enable resilient energy storage projects
Compliance with ever-increasing cybersecurity regulations is a challenge for many in the energy storage industry but it creates big opportunities for risk-mitigation. Katherine Hutton and Lars Stephan, from energy storage integrator Fluence, take a closer look at cybersecurity compliance risks and how investors can mitigate revenue losses with a clear strategy.
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