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Galileo secures consent for eight-hour and four-hour BESS in Italy Galileo has secured permits for a 125 MW/1,000 MWh battery and a 125 MW/500 MWh battery in Italy, and told ESS News it sizes Italian projects for longer durations to keep both MACSE auctions and private offtake open.

Brian Publicover

49 minutes ago

Projects & Applications

France’s largest operational BESS reaches 240 MW/480 MWh Large-scale battery storage is expanding in France as developers bring new projects online to provide flexibility and grid services.

Gwenaelle Deboutte

2 hours ago

Manufacturing

INTERVIEW: Hithium’s sodium-ion storage push, where it could win, where it won’t, and path to bankability In this interview with ESS News, Hithium’s Leb Lan discusses the company's advances, where sodium-ion could compete with LFP, and what still needs proving. Lan says validation of the new generation is planned and safety testing is ongoing, but is light on detail around pricing figures and engagement with insurers.

19 hours ago

Projects & Applications

Aula Energy plans 1.8 GWh BESS for 330 MW of solar in Australia Australia's Aula Energy plans to add a 365 MW/1.8 GWh battery to its Wellington North solar farm in New South Wales, with financial close targeted for early 2027.

23 hours ago

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EDP targets 350 MW of BESS in Sicily Portugal's EDP has an 800 MW renewable energy pipeline in Sicily, including 350 MW of battery storage, 250 MW of solar and 200 MW of wind projects.

Massimiliano Tripodo

24 hours ago

Projects & Applications

Origin plans 4.9 GWh battery expansion in Australia Australian energy retailer Origin Energy is seeking federal approval for a 500 MW/4,942 MWh battery that would expand its Eraring battery precinct to about 1.2 GW/8.6 GWh.

Oct 06, 2026

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Renalfa and Eurowind Energy inaugurate 773 MWh double-battery hybrid park The hybrid complex has added multiple batteries and plans to add 250 MW of wind generation in the future.

Oct 05, 2026

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French compressed air energy storage system for homes and businesses Segula Technologies has launched its Remora Stack product, a containerized isothermal air compression storage solution the company claims is 70% efficient.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 21, 2025

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Abastible, Zelestra sign Chilean PPA including 1 GWh of battery capacity The power purchase agreement (PPA) relates to an under-construction project in Chile's Tarapacá region which could provide 600 GWh of renewable electricity per year.

Mar 21, 2025

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India raises subsidized battery target to 13.2 GWh The Indian government has increased the battery energy storage target of its viability gap funding (VGF) program to 13.2 GWh. The subsidy scheme provides financial support for up to 40% of battery energy storage system (BESS) project capital costs.

Mar 21, 2025

Finance

Pacific Green completes sale of 500 MWh Australian battery The Limestone Coast North Energy Park (LCNEP), which has been bought by Intera Renewables, has an enterprise value of AUD 460 million ($292 million).

Mar 21, 2025

Grid-scale

The story of US energy storage If all of the energy storage-related requests for proposal (RfPs), site applications, and other utility proposals that were active at the end of 2024 take shape, US utilities will add more than 18.5 GW of energy storage capacity.

Mar 21, 2025

Grid-scale

UK developers seek consent for 36 GWh Fearna Pumped Hydro project SSE and Gilkes Energy join forces to propose a 20-hour pumped storage facility in the Scottish Highlands. The site would make use of existing infrastructure for a neighboring hydro generation plant. It comes as the UK government prepares to launch a long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap and floor support mechanism.

Mar 20, 2025

Grid-scale

Batteries key to German solution to grid capacity constraints The grid connection "feed-in socket" planned by two German power companies involves "grid-neutral" batteries not using network capacity during periods when solar and wind parks connected to the same socket are feeding in large amounts of electricity.

Sandra Enkhardt

Mar 20, 2025

Grid-scale

Germany’s Entrix to market 100 MWh of energy storage from Bavarian battery The battery energy storage system (BESS) will have the services of half of its capacity marketed by 'algo trader' Entrix.

Sandra Enkhardt

Mar 20, 2025

Grid-scale

Portugal has 720 MWh of battery capacity awaiting environmental permits The projects listed for public feedback on the government's consultation portal include two solar-plus-storage sites.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Mar 20, 2025

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