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Nozomi Energy reaches financial close and starts build on 196 MWh BESS in Japan 50 MW Nozu BESS reaches financial close with Aozora Bank backing.
Tristan Rayner
4 hours ago
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Projects & Applications
NGEN commissions 170 MWh battery storage system in Austria Austrian energy storage company NGEN has brought an 85 MW/170 MWh battery system online in Austria, adding two-hour flexibility to the grid near the German border.
Sandra Enkhardt
5 hours ago
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Korkia expands into offering ‘powered land’ for data centers in Chile The Finnish company plans to combine access to land and grid connection capacity with new renewable generation, battery storage, and grid infrastructure. Korkia claims it is already moving forward with these types of projects in Chile, although it has not provided details on their locations, capacity, or investment.
Luis Ini
22 hours ago
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UGL bags EPC job on APA’s Sybella solar and 104 MWh battery project in Australia The town of Mount Isa, a remote location in Australia, gets a second renewable installation from APA Group.
Tristan Rayner
Sep 14, 2026
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Supply chain
Zhero and Tesla Energy sign agreement for 3 GWh of BESS in Italy Tesla Energy will supply Megapack batteries for the projects, and Zhero is currently developing utility-scale storage projects totaling over 1.5 GW, the companies told pv magazine Italia.
Sergio Matalucci
Sep 10, 2026
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Projects & Applications
How competitive is BESS for data centers, really? Volta Foundation’s July 2026 report ‘Where Batteries Can Win in Data Center Applications’ shows the two areas where battery energy storage systems (BESS) are winning, four where it is competing and two areas where it’s losing out to other technologies in the data center market.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Sep 10, 2026
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Why Fidra Energy is building the UK’s biggest BESS project One year on from reaching financial close on the 2.9 GWh Thorpe Marsh BESS, CEO Chris Elder tells ESS News why the developer has opted to build 1 GW+ battery energy storage projects, how Fidra Energy has secured National Wealth Fund backing, and where the company’s European expansion plans may take it first.
Matthew Lynas
Sep 10, 2026

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Falling prices, geopolitic risk define energy storage market Speakers from the NetZero Milan Expo-Summit 2025, that opens tomorrow, have told pv magazine a falling lithium price is putting pressure on emerging battery alternatives such as sodium-ion as the industry shifts from incremental gains in performance to larger battery cells.
Sergio Matalucci
May 13, 2025
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Manufacturing
CMBlu Energy’s Organic SolidFlow battery picks up an award The battery attempts to combine features from solid-state and flow battery designs for longer output and relatively high powers.
Tristan Rayner
May 12, 2025
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Policy
Battery reprieve as US-China tariffs go on hold for 90 days The battery industry relies on a supply chain in China, and previous headline tariff numbers had painted a tough picture for project affordability and bankability.
Tristan Rayner
May 12, 2025
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Tenders
Australian state targets 1 GW of energy storage with tender New South Wales' (NSW) Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap tender program will aim to procure 2 GW/16 GWh of long duration energy storage (LDES) capacity by 2030.
David Carroll
May 12, 2025
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Germany, Italy, UK, Netherlands, Spain to lead European battery market through 2029 Annual installations are expected to reach around 120 GWh by 2029, for a total of 400 GWh, according to a report by PV trade body SolarPower Europe.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 09, 2025
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Industry
From arbitrage to asset: How batteries became ERCOT’s summer backbone The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is one of the most interesting in the world, and seeing enormous expansion of solar+storage. Enel North America explained more about their play in the pure-play energy market.
Tristan Rayner
May 08, 2025
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Scatec begins big Egyptian solar, battery project The first phase of the project is scheduled for commercial operation during the first half of next year and the site is backed by a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) from the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC).
Patrick Jowett
May 08, 2025
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Australian state preps up to 20 GWh of battery and pumped hydro capacity The government of New South Wales (NSW) is granting grid access to 10 renewable energy and energy storage sites in the new Central West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) and utility AGL has acquired pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) projects at the Glenbawn and Glennies Creek reservoirs, in the Upper Hunter area.
David Carroll
May 08, 2025
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Products
US battery maker Powin introduces 6.26 MWh containerized Pod Max The liquid-cooled product reportedly offers a 25% energy density increase over the company’s standard, 5 MWh system.
Ryan Kennedy
May 08, 2025
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