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Georgia Power breaks ground on 1 GWh BESS near existing solar site Construction has begun on a 260 MW/1 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Georgia. Burns & McDonnell has been contracted to build the battery which is scheduled for completion in 2027.

Blathnaid O’Dea

6 hours ago

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Michigan approves 1.3 GW BESS portfolio, including contested Oracle data center assets Approved DTE Electric storage facilities include one asset backed by a 20-year tolling agreement, two self-build contracts and three batteries to serve an Oracle-owned data center. The energy regulator has denied a petition from the state’s attorney general to revisit BESS approvals.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 01, 2026

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President Aliyev switches on landmark Azerbaijan BESS project Head of state attends commissioning of key project in wider 500 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment program. The utility-scale BESS is expected to support a ramping up of renewables deployment in Azerbaijan.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 31, 2026

Industry

BBDF 2026 opening session: optimism, caution, and grid fees From the floor of the Battery Business & Development Forum 2026, the first session focused on how the appetites of investors and stakeholders for battery projects is changing.

Mar 31, 2026

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Construction underway at one of Poland’s largest battery storage projects Groundbreaking for utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) site follows success in capacity market auction, with multi-year revenue secured. R.Power developed project is expected to come online by end of 2026.

Mar 31, 2026

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German municipality pioneers land pooling model for utility-scale BESS Much like grid connections, suitable areas for large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) can be hard to come by. In Laichingen, Germany, local government and private landowners take a pooling approach from the wind sector to support battery storage deployment.

Sandra Enkhardt

Mar 31, 2026

Projects & Applications

US startup begins manufacturing grid-scale flywheel ESS SOSV-backed Qnetic is aiming to raise $20 million in 2026. Over the next two years it will work with the National Lab of the Rockies and other partners on field testing and validating its technology across multiple use cases.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 30, 2026

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California grants $42 million for Marine Corps Camp zinc-ion battery storage project Awarded by California’s Long Duration Energy Storage program, the grant will enable International Electric Power to install a 48 MWh of storage at one of the country’s busiest military installations.

Dec 17, 2024

Projects & Applications

European BESS: 105 MWh for Greece, 65 MWh for Switzerland Greece is getting four new battery energy storage systems (BESS) amounting to 105 MWh, while Germany's Intilion will develop 65 MWh for Switzerland's Primeo Energie. The UK's first transmission-connected co-located solar and BESS facility has contracted a new asset manager.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Dec 17, 2024

Grid-scale

Another $299m for Grenergy’s vast Oasis de Atacama solar-plus-storage site in Chile The lenders who backed the first two phases of the solar-plus-storage mega site have offered further funds for the 230 MW solar and 1.3 GWh storage third stage.

Dec 17, 2024

Grid-scale

Reliance lands 1.86 GWh battery storage in Indian solar-plus-storage tender Reliance NU Suntech will develop the solar-plus-storage capacity on a build, own, operate basis. The project will supply electricity under a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Solar Energy Corp. of India (SECI).

Dec 17, 2024

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Green light for 740 MWh Spanish battery projects Spain's Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has issued favorable environmental impact statements (EIS) for three projects: 200 MWh of storage on a hybrid renewables site, a 340 MWh battery in Malaga, and a 200 MWh project in Asturias.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Dec 17, 2024

Grid-scale

Batteries key to Australia’s 82% renewables 2030 target Doubts about Australia’s ability to power its National Electricity Market (NEM) with 82% renewable energy by 2030 have been put to bed by a Climate Energy Finance (CEF) report citing off-the-charts battery energy storage growth.

Dec 17, 2024

Policy

Spain allocates €150m for 2.82 GWh of grid-scale, standalone batteries The 45 battery and thermal energy storage projects allocated European Union subsidies will add more than 779 MW/3.4 GWh of capacity to the Spanish grid.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Dec 16, 2024

Grid-scale

Construction of Spain’s first grid booster batteries to begin in January Grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE) will install two 25 MW/18.75 MWh batteries in what it has described as 'the largest SATA [storage as a transmission asset] system in the south of the European Union and the first of its kind to be built in Spain.'

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Dec 16, 2024

Grid-scale

Lightsource starts construction of 640 MWh Australian battery Lightsource bp has started construction of its Woolooga battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland and its million-panel Goulburn River hybrid project in New South Wales (NSW).

Dec 16, 2024

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