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Georgia Power breaks ground on 1 GWh BESS near existing solar site Construction has begun on a 260 MW/1 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Georgia. Burns & McDonnell has been contracted to build the battery which is scheduled for completion in 2027.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 02, 2026

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Michigan approves 1.3 GW BESS portfolio, including contested Oracle data center assets Approved DTE Electric storage facilities include one asset backed by a 20-year tolling agreement, two self-build contracts and three batteries to serve an Oracle-owned data center. The energy regulator has denied a petition from the state’s attorney general to revisit BESS approvals.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 01, 2026

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President Aliyev switches on landmark Azerbaijan BESS project Head of state attends commissioning of key project in wider 500 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment program. The utility-scale BESS is expected to support a ramping up of renewables deployment in Azerbaijan.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 31, 2026

Industry

BBDF 2026 opening session: optimism, caution, and grid fees From the floor of the Battery Business & Development Forum 2026, the first session focused on how the appetites of investors and stakeholders for battery projects is changing.

Mar 31, 2026

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Construction underway at one of Poland’s largest battery storage projects Groundbreaking for utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) site follows success in capacity market auction, with multi-year revenue secured. R.Power developed project is expected to come online by end of 2026.

Mar 31, 2026

Grid-scale

German municipality pioneers land pooling model for utility-scale BESS Much like grid connections, suitable areas for large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) can be hard to come by. In Laichingen, Germany, local government and private landowners take a pooling approach from the wind sector to support battery storage deployment.

Sandra Enkhardt

Mar 31, 2026

Projects & Applications

US startup begins manufacturing grid-scale flywheel ESS SOSV-backed Qnetic is aiming to raise $20 million in 2026. Over the next two years it will work with the National Lab of the Rockies and other partners on field testing and validating its technology across multiple use cases.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 30, 2026

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Large scale battery storage on the rise in Chile Three utility scale battery energy storage projects collocated with solar plants were announced last week in Chile. Enel is building a 67 MW/134 MWh battery, while CJR Renewable and Uriel Renovables are planning 200 MW/800 MWh and 90 MW/200 MWh projects, respectively.

Luis Ini, Pilar Sanchez Molina

Jun 04, 2024

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Energy Vault unveils design partnership for gravity storage in skyscrapers The partnership will see architecture and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), responsible for some of the world’s tallest buildings, incorporate Energy Vault’s gravity energy storage technology into tall buildings in urban environments and deployable structures in natural environments.

Jun 04, 2024

Pyhäsalmi Mine

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Hybrid pumped hydro-BESS project takes shape in Finland A ‘new energy cluster in Finland’ plans to co-locate a 75 MW underground pumped storage hydroelectric (UPHS) facility and a 85 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at a mine near the town of Pyhäjärvi in central Finland. A solar park could be added in the future.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Jun 04, 2024

Illustration of geomechanical energy storage project

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Texas to host 300 MW of geomechanical energy storage projects Quidnet Energy, a provider of geomechanical energy storage (GES) technology, has joined hands with distributed energy resources developer Hunt Energy Network to deliver 300 MW of storage projects in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid operating region.

May 30, 2024

Large energy storage system

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Teesworks, NatPower partner on 1 GW battery storage project in UK Teesworks, the operator of the largest industrial zone in the UK, has unveiled plans for the deployment of a 1,000 MW/4,000 MWh battery energy storage system in partnership with renewables developer NatPower SA.

May 30, 2024

Aerial view of planned pumped hydro project

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Evolution pushes ahead with 20 GWh pump hydro project Australian miner Evolution Mining is moving on a $7 billion plan to build a 2 GW / 20 GWh pumped hydro electricity generation facility in the pit of a 20-year-old gold mine in southeast Queensland.

May 30, 2024

Solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan

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Uzbekistan to build its first big battery Nur Bukhara Solar PV LLC FE, a project company owned by Masdar, will deliver a 63 MW battery energy storage system alongside a 250 MW solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan.

May 29, 2024

RWE limondale solar farm

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RWE to build Australia’s first eight-hour battery German energy giant RWE has announced its investment decision to build a 50 MW/400 MWh battery project in New South Wales (NSW). Tesla will supply its Megapack batteries for the project with commissioning planned for late 2025.

May 28, 2024

Gravity storage

Grid-scale

Enel, Energy Vault build 18 MW/36 MWh of US gravity storage Energy Vault and Enel have revealed plans to build 18 MW/36 MWh of gravity storage in the United States. They say that the project will be the first large-scale gravity energy storage in a Western country.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

May 24, 2024

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