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Octopus inks offtake agreement for Blind Creek solar and battery project in Australia
Just days after launching construction of its Blind Creek solar and battery project in southern New South Wales, developer Octopus Australia has inked an offtake agreement with renewable energy retailer Flow Power.
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Australia’s big batteries become controversial: Trina Solar withdraws application as state governments intervene
The state of Queensland’s large battery projects approval mechanisms are under scrutiny after Trina Solar withdrew its 200 MW / 800 MWh Pleystowe battery energy storage system (BESS) project, while state ministers stepped into two other contested projects proposed by Potentia Energy and Iberdrola.
Mar 16, 2026
Sungrow and Enevo Group sign 1 GWh agreement to supply Romania’s storage boom
Chinese manufacturer Sungrow and Romanian EPC provider Enevo Group have signed a 1 GWh battery storage supply agreement. The pipeline highlights growing momentum in Romania, which targets 5 GW of energy storage capacity by the end of 2026.
ACME Solar commissions first phase of 2 GWh battery portfolio in India
ACME Solar Holdings has commissioned 142.67 MW/481.49 MWh of battery energy storage in the Indian state of Rajasthan through its subsidiaries. The installation represents Phase 1 of its planned 585 MW/2,011.24 MWh BESS deployment under these special purpose vehicles.
Long-term storage grows by 49% in 2025 despite the financing crisis
A report by Wood Mackenzie indicates that the deployment of long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies exceeded 15 GWh in 2025, but declining venture capital investment and falling lithium battery costs are hindering their commercial viability.
Small 24/7 clean power commitments could cut costs for long-duration storage
TU Berlin researchers say early demand for round-the-clock carbon-free electricity could help bring advanced energy technologies to market faster through technology learning effects. Grant funding for the research was provided by Google, which has since announced plans to build the world’s largest iron-air battery.
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Electricity spot market switch to 15-minute intervals boosts battery revenue
The transition of the electricity spot market to 15-minute increments, effective since Oct. 1, is already changing the economic dynamics of battery storage in Europe. Storio Energy has tracked a 20% increase in market arbitrage revenue for batteries thanks to more accurate recording of price fluctuations.
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Masdar, EWEC break ground on 1 GW baseload solar-plus-storage project
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. (Masdar) and Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) have started building a solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi that will deliver 1 GW of continuous baseload energy from a 5.2 GW solar plant paired with a 19 GWh battery system.
Another 1.4 GWh of US energy storage, $350m of battery-related investment
Utility Georgia Power is forging ahead with plans for battery energy storage systems (BESS), Canadian Solar-owned Recurrent Energy has secured $825m for a storage project and a solar site, and developer and battery materials firm Redwood Materials has attracted new investment.
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