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e-Storage to deliver 100 MW/200 MWh BESS for OX2 in Australia Canadian Solar’s e-Storage will supply and commission a 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system for OX2’s 135 MW Muswellbrook solar project in New South Wales.

28 minutes ago

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Mexico approves 15 MW/150 MWh BESS for Solarig solar project Solarig’s PV Moquel Solar project in Campeche will include a 15 MW battery energy storage system with 10 hours of discharge duration, subject to additional permits and conditions.

53 minutes ago

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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

2 hours 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

3 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.

20 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.

Oct 06, 2026

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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

Oct 06, 2026

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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

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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

Darling downs power station

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Origin Energy unveils plans for 2 GWh battery in Australia Australian energy giant Origin Energy has revealed plans to build what could be the biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Queensland, as it continues the expansion of its renewable energy generation and storage portfolio.

May 21, 2024

China southern power grid

Sodium-ion batteries

China switches on first large-scale sodium-ion battery China Southern Power Grid has deployed a 10 MWh sodium-ion battery in China’s Guangxi Zhuang region. It is the first phase of a 100 MWh project.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

May 21, 2024

Illustration of compressed air cases

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Eneco, Corre Energy partner on compressed air energy storage project Corre Energy, a Dutch long-duration energy storage specialist, has partnered with utility Eneco to deliver its first compressed air energy storage (CAES) project in Germany. Eneco will acquire 50% of the project.

May 16, 2024

GIGA Storage 600 MW battery park

Grid-scale

Europe’s largest battery storage project secures approval Netherlands-based developer Giga Storage has obtained the irrevocable permit for the construction of a 600 MW/2,400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Belgium.

Apr 19, 2024

WEL Battery park

Grid-scale

New Zealand welcomes first big battery to national grid New Zealand’s transition to a renewable energy future has taken a significant step forward with the nation’s first grid-scale battery energy storage project now offering injectable reserves to the electricity market for the first time.

Mar 13, 2024

Dungowan pumped hydro energy storage

Grid-scale

EDF to develop 3 GWh pumped hydro project in Australia The Australian arm of French energy giant EDF Group has acquired and agreed to co-develop the proposed 300 MW/3 GWh Dungowan pumped hydro energy storage project in New South Wales, Australia.

Feb 28, 2024

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