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CATL confirms Tener S for Quinbrook’s massive Supernode Stage 3 in Australia CATL provides a technology update on the newly financed third state of 3 GWh battery campus.

16 hours ago

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SSE wins Irish planning consent to double BESS duration to 320 MWh Revised Mullafarry plans boost storage duration, lifting the project to 320 MWh capacity.

18 hours ago

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Econergy lands €229m for Romanian solar-and-storage hybrid backed by CfD Econergy has locked capital funding for its Părău 2 site, pairing a 342 MW solar array with a 150 MW battery system in an evolving Romanian market for storage.

Aug 14, 2026

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PVFarm rolls out RE STACK software for utility-scale BESS planning The new tool works across geographies, manufacturer, and sites, and is design to make site planning both faster and comprehensive.

Aug 14, 2026

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Noon Energy, Sabanci Renewables ink JV for 1 GW long-duration storage for AI data centers 'Ultra‑LDES' venture targets 1 GW of multi‑day storage to power AI computing demand.

Aug 14, 2026

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Italian developer secures ready-to-build status for 1 GWh standalone BESS in Chile The standalone BESS project has a five-hour duration and will charge from the Chilean grid.

Aug 13, 2026

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Italy’s 2028 Capacity Market auction: Northern zones rewarded in shift for developers, notes Aurora 'The most significant change introduced by Capacity Market 2028 is the geographic differentiation'

Sergio Matalucci

Aug 13, 2026

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Egypt’s first utility-scale battery, Africa’s biggest solar-plus-storage project underway Two major announcements within just five days signal the rapid acceleration of Egypt’s battery storage market, with 500 MWh expected to be added to the grid by October 2026.

Jun 16, 2025

Tenders

India launches 2 GW solar, 4 GWh storage tender The tender issued by government body the Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI) requires developers to install at least 500 kW/2 MWh of energy storage for each megawatt of solar generation capacity allocated.

Jun 16, 2025

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France’s EDF builds 50 MW Polish battery The state-owned utility has begun construction of a 50 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) which will be connected to the Polish grid.

Jun 16, 2025

Finance

Spanish battery startup HESStec backed by Austrian utility Verbund and ABB Valencia's HESStec (Hybrid Energy Storage Solutions Ltd.) has developed its Intelligent Node Management System (INMS) and offers patented hybrid energy storage solutions.

Sandra Enkhardt

Jun 16, 2025

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World’s largest battery storage project wins fast-track approval in California The Darden Clean Energy Project, paired with 1.1 GW of solar, will provide enough electricity to power 850,000 homes for four hours.

Jun 16, 2025

Revenue streams

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.

Jun 13, 2025

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Portugal’s EDP plans 619 MWh solar-plus-storage site in Chile The $220 million project would be located in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins region, which is fast becoming a Latin American solar-plus-storage hotbed.

Jun 13, 2025

Finance

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.

Jun 13, 2025

Second-life batteries

Voltfang opens ‘Europe’s largest second-life battery factory’ The German company raised €15 million ($17.3 million) in Series B investor finance and has expanded its battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing facility in Aachen so it can now be scaled up to 1 GWh per year.

Jun 13, 2025

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