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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
11 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
12 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
Sep 14, 2026
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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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MACSE auction to take place on September 30, Italy’s grid company Terna says The information was confirmed by Francesco Del Pizzo, president for grid development strategies and dispatching at the Terna Group.
Sergio Matalucci, Massimiliano Tripodo, Emiliano Bellini
Mar 10, 2025
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Policy
Australia accelerates approval for 6.3 GW of priority energy storage projects A total of 16.5 GW of solar and wind generation and 6.3 GW of energy storage projects could benefit from an accelerated environmental approvals process as the Australian government works to deliver critical infrastructure needed to achieve its clean energy targets, including 82% renewable electricity by 2030.
David Carroll
Mar 10, 2025
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Supply deal and finance for another 2.2 GWh of US batteries Canadian Solar will supply its SolBank 3.0 battery systems to Aypa Power's projects in California and Texas and finance has been secured to complete construction of a further 220 MW/440 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Lone Star State.
Max Hall
Mar 07, 2025
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Flow batteries
Vanadium flow battery maker preps for UK long-duration storage tender Investor and renewables developer Frontier Power Ltd has said it is planning to lodge 'multiple' vanadium flow battery (VFB)-related bids in a long-duration energy storage (LDES) tender expected before July.
Max Hall
Mar 07, 2025
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Iberdrola switches on 210 GWh Spanish pumped hydro-battery project Iberdrola Spain has begun commissioning the 225 MW Valdecañas pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant which is hybridized with a 15 MW / 7.5 MWh battery energy storage system.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Mar 07, 2025
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Greece’s Metlen to build 2.5 GWh of Chilean batteries In addition to three engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contracts, Metlen Energy & Metals is investing in its 1,607 MWh Mesembria battery energy storage system (BESS), scheduled for completion this year.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Mar 06, 2025
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Australia’s Quinbrook readies eight-hour BESS rollout for 24/7 renewable power Green investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners will deploy at least 3 GW of eight-hour-duration battery energy storage systems (BESS) nationwide as it seeks to realize 24/7, cheap, renewable power.
David Carroll
Mar 06, 2025
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Alabama’s first utility-scale battery planned on former coal site The proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) will be a standalone lithium iron phosphate (LFP) facility with a power output of 150 MW and energy storage capacity of 300 MWh.
Anne Fischer
Mar 05, 2025
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Finance
Germany’s first tolled BESS secures project financing The 209 MWh Stendal battery energy storage project is expected to be fully operational by early 2026, one year before its seven-year tolling agreement comes into effect.
Marija Maisch
Mar 05, 2025
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