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California sets precedent by overriding local blockade to advance 1.2 GWh Soda Mountain BESS California is asserting state authority to revive the $700 million Soda Mountain project, marking a new era where Sacramento can reclaim authority from local counties to force stalled utility-scale solar and storage across the finish line.

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Australia’s market operator Q1 2026 report highlights 4.4 GW of grid storage coming online boosting renewables The battery boom in Australia at grid-scale and the residential sector is changing the face of the grid, with data showing the scale of the shifts across Australia's east.

Tristan Rayner, Ev Foley

24 hours ago

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US grid operator PJM reopens interconnection process: 67 GW+ of storage in the queue Grid operator PJM has reopened its standard interconnection process to new generation projects, after closing the standard process to new applicants in 2022 to completely clear its backlog.

William Driscoll

Apr 30, 2026

Projects & Applications

Longi completes its fully integrated battery storage project in Europe Longi has completed grid connection and begun operations of its 13.75 MW/50.16 MWh BESS project in central Italy, while also launching a service centre in Madrid.

Sergio Matalucci

Apr 29, 2026

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Chile reaches 4.6 GW of energy storage under construction The March 2026 Energy Sector Construction and Investment Projects Report, released by the Chilean Ministry of Energy, records 38 storage systems under construction, for 4,597 MW and 18,780 MWh.

Apr 29, 2026

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Massive new $58.5 billion AI data center for Croatia to be anchored by 8 GWh BESS €50 billion Croatia AI campus by Pantheon Atlas pairs 500 MW solar with 8,000 MWh battery to meet hyperscale demand.

Apr 29, 2026

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Saft to supply additional batteries as New Zealand’s major BESS doubles in size Adding on 100 MW / 200 MWh to the Huntly BESS to double the size of the first stage of one of New Zealand's largest batteries.

Apr 28, 2026

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Markets

US adds cumulative 3.8 GW in Q3, residential battery storage hits all-time high In the third quarter of 2024, the US installed 3.8 GW of storage across all segments, 80% increase from Q3 2023.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Dec 13, 2024

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