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Long-term storage grows by 49% in 2025 despite the financing crisis A report by Wood Mackenzie indicates that the deployment of long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies exceeded 15 GWh in 2025, but declining venture capital investment and falling lithium battery costs are hindering their commercial viability.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

24 hours ago

Technologies

Small 24/7 clean power commitments could cut costs for long-duration storage TU Berlin researchers say early demand for round-the-clock carbon-free electricity could help bring advanced energy technologies to market faster through technology learning effects. Grant funding for the research was provided by Google, which has since announced plans to build the world’s largest iron-air battery.

Mar 09, 2026

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PPC, Metlen join hands to develop 3 GWh of battery storage in Romania, Bulgaria, Italy As Metlen confirmed to pv magazine, only 50 MWh of the announced pipeline will be located in Italy.

Marija Maisch, Sergio Matalucci

Mar 06, 2026

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Alfa Laval, IAE to deploy Korea’s first large-scale liquid air energy storage plant The partners say the LAES system will liquefy up to 10 tons of air per day for long-duration grid balancing.

Mar 05, 2026

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Energy China consortium wins 1 GWh Benban battery project in Egypt The project, described as Africa's largest standalone battery storage system, will have grid-forming capability.

Mar 04, 2026

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World’s largest compressed air energy storage station now fully operational in China With 600 MW of installed capacity and 2,400 MWh of storage, the Huai'an Salt Cavern project is now the world’s largest compressed air energy storage facility, surpassing the 300 MW/1,500 MWh project commissioned earlier this year that previously held the title.

Mar 04, 2026

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Solarig to operate and maintain Tesla Megapack 2 XL BESS systems in Chile The Spanish company becomes a Certified Service Provider for Tesla's battery storage systems in Chile, and will assume their operation and maintenance.

Mar 04, 2026

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Fire risk and safety

US startup unveils polymer battery electrolytes that eliminate thermal runaway Anthro Energy’s phase-change electrolytes reduce battery fire risk and can double cycle life.

Jan 31, 2025

Projects & Applications

Fidra secures consent for 3.1 GWh British battery Doncaster Council has been busy this week issuing approvals to two biggest battery energy storage (BESS) sites in the UK, with a cumulative capacity of more than 5 GWh.

Jan 30, 2025

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Projects & Applications

Indian tenders for 2.9 GWh of energy storage capacity State-owned NTPC wants national solar-plus-storage sites including 600 MW/2.4 GWh of energy storage and the state of Telangana is tendering for 250 MW/500 MWh of standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Jan 30, 2025

Grid-scale

Canceled Australian pumped-hydro site could see energy bills rocket Bill payers could be paying 60% more for their electricity in 2035 and 40% more per year through 2040 unless the government of Queensland can provide an alternative to the shelved 5 GW/120 GWh Pioneer-Burdekin pumped-hydro energy storage (PHES) project.

Jan 30, 2025

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India’s NTPC, Energy Dome work on carbon battery storage rollout State-owned National Thermal Power Company (NTPC) will partner with Triveni Turbine and Italy’s Energy Dome to install a 160 MWh carbon dioxide battery at NTPC's Kudgi super thermal power station in India.

Jan 30, 2025

Revenue streams

Qair secures 800 MWh of Polish battery storage projects The French independent power producer has secured 17-year contracts for the two battery storage projects in Poland's 2029 capacity market auction.

Jan 29, 2025

Policy

SEIA calls for 700 GWh of U.S. energy storage by 2030 The U.S. solar trade body has outlined analysis and policy recommendations for an ambitious energy storage rollout by 2030, including 10 million distributed storage systems.

Jan 29, 2025

Finance

Finance for 1.5 GWh of batteries in US Sun Belt states Texas, Arizona GridStor has acquired a 100 MW/400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Arizona and developers On.Energy and esVolta have secured the funds to advance multiple projects in Texas.

Jan 29, 2025

Finance

India’s Avaada commits $2.39bn to energy storage, renewables The Indian renewables company signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the state of Odisha at the Make in Odisha Conclave 2025, held on Jan. 28 and 29, 2025.

Jan 29, 2025

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