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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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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
6 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
23 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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2025 to be record year for U.S. big batteries, EIA says The statistical agency of the U.S. the Department of Energy expects a nearly 80% year-on-year increase in the utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) installation figures.
Marija Maisch
Feb 26, 2025
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Auctions
Italy’s Terna expects 758 MW of energy storage, renewables in 2027 capacity market auction Electricity transmission system operator (TSO) Terna expects 224 MW of clean energy and storage sites in the northern region of its grid but only 22 MW in the southern, Calabria section of the network.
Massimiliano Tripodo
Feb 26, 2025
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Tenders
Indian hydro company tenders 1.5 GWh of batteries The four-hour battery energy storage systems (BESS) to be tendered by hydro business Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) will be eligible for central government viability gap funding.
Uma Gupta
Feb 26, 2025
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Dubai’s AMEA Power to develop 1.5 GWh standalone BESS in Egypt The developer has announced capacity purchase agreements for the first standalone battery energy storage projects in the country.
Marija Maisch
Feb 25, 2025
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Malaysia commissions its first big BESS at coal-fired power plant site Sarawak Energy, commissioner of the 60 MW/82 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), is one of the biggest utilities serving Sarawak, a Malaysian territory on Borneo island.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Feb 25, 2025
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Markets
InfoLink: 222 GWh more energy storage worldwide in 2025 The global energy storage market installed 175.4 GWh of capacity in 2024, with Tesla leading shipments. Europe accounted for 19.1 GWh of installed capacity last year, with Italy leading, ahead of the United Kingdom and Germany.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Feb 25, 2025
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Indian utility tenders up to 2 GWh battery storage The battery energy storage systems (BESS) procured under the tender can be set up anywhere in India and are eligible for central government viability gap funding (VGF).
Uma Gupta
Feb 25, 2025
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Australia gives go-ahead to 1.6 GWh compressed air storage project Broken Hill is closer to becoming one of the world’s largest renewable energy microgrids with the New South Wales (NSW) government giving planning approval for a compressed air energy storage (CAES) facility near the historic mining town.
David Carroll
Feb 25, 2025
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Fire risk and safety
Site safety measures help limit spread of fire at 600 MWh BESS in England – updated It took 24 hours for the firefighters to tackle the blaze at Statera's 300 MW/600 MW battery energy storage site, which is currently under construction.
Marija Maisch
Feb 24, 2025
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