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China switches on its largest standalone battery storage project With a capacity of 2 GWh, the four-hour storage system is described as the largest lithium iron phosphate energy storage project in the country.

8 hours ago

Policy

BBDF 2025: Why time is running out for standalone storage Regulatory changes in Germany are closing the window for standalone storage. Development is shifting toward colocated battery storage which entails increasingly complex optimization, as discussions at the Battery Business Development Forum in Frankfurt am Main indicated.

Cornelia Lichner

10 hours ago

Policy

Austrian battery storage demand could rise eightfold to 8.7 GW by 2040 For the first time, an analysis shows how much storage capacity Austria needs on its path to 100% renewable electricity by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2040. Battery storage systems are seen as a key link for distributing solar power throughout the day and compensating for grid capacity gaps.

Sandra Enkhardt

12 hours ago

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China’s Shandong province mobilizes 144 energy storage stations in largest-ever grid support operation Shandong mobilized 144 new energy storage stations during a peak demand event on July 11, delivering 8.04 GW to the grid and setting a national record for provincial-level storage orchestration.

13 hours ago

Revenue streams

Gaining a battery storage competitive edge in Californian and Texan grids A GridBeyond study reports succeeding in saturated battery energy storage markets requires software-led agility and real-time decision-making.

14 hours ago

Products

Huawei Digital Power to supply batteries for Denmark’s largest BESS project Copenhagen Energy's 132 MWh Everspring battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio will be supplied by Huawei Digital Power.

Jul 18, 2025

Projects & Applications

Galileo Empower gets approval for new 49.9 MW battery storage project in Scotland Southeastern Scotland's West Lothian region has approved a new battery storage facility, adding to the region's storage riches.

Jul 18, 2025

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Large scale battery storage on the rise in Chile Three utility scale battery energy storage projects collocated with solar plants were announced last week in Chile. Enel is building a 67 MW/134 MWh battery, while CJR Renewable and Uriel Renovables are planning 200 MW/800 MWh and 90 MW/200 MWh projects, respectively.

Luis Ini, Pilar Sanchez Molina

Jun 04, 2024

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Energy Vault unveils design partnership for gravity storage in skyscrapers The partnership will see architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), responsible for some of the world’s tallest buildings, incorporate Energy Vault’s gravity energy storage technology into tall buildings in urban environments and deployable structures in natural environments.

Jun 04, 2024

Pyhäsalmi Mine

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Hybrid pumped hydro-BESS project takes shape in Finland A ‘new energy cluster in Finland’ plans to co-locate a 75 MW underground pumped storage hydroelectric (UPHS) facility and a 85 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at a mine near the town of Pyhäjärvi in central Finland. A solar park could be added in the future.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Jun 04, 2024

Illustration of geomechanical energy storage project

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Texas to host 300 MW of geomechanical energy storage projects Quidnet Energy, a provider of geomechanical energy storage (GES) technology, has joined hands with distributed energy resources developer Hunt Energy Network to deliver 300 MW of storage projects in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid operating region.

May 30, 2024

Large energy storage system

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Teesworks, NatPower partner on 1 GW battery storage project in UK Teesworks, the operator of the largest industrial zone in the UK, has unveiled plans for the deployment of a 1,000 MW/4,000 MWh battery energy storage system in partnership with renewables developer NatPower SA.

May 30, 2024

Aerial view of planned pumped hydro project

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Evolution pushes ahead with 20 GWh pump hydro project Australian miner Evolution Mining is moving on a $7 billion plan to build a 2 GW / 20 GWh pumped hydro electricity generation facility in the pit of a 20-year-old gold mine in southeast Queensland.

May 30, 2024

Solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan

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Uzbekistan to build its first big battery Nur Bukhara Solar PV LLC FE, a project company owned by Masdar, will deliver a 63 MW battery energy storage system alongside a 250 MW solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan.

May 29, 2024

RWE limondale solar farm

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RWE to build Australia’s first eight-hour battery German energy giant RWE has announced its investment decision to build a 50 MW/400 MWh battery project in New South Wales (NSW). Tesla will supply its Megapack batteries for the project with commissioning planned for late 2025.

May 28, 2024

Gravity storage

Grid-scale

Enel, Energy Vault build 18 MW/36 MWh of US gravity storage Energy Vault and Enel have revealed plans to build 18 MW/36 MWh of gravity storage in the United States. They say that the project will be the first large-scale gravity energy storage in a Western country.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

May 24, 2024

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