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Centrica has a very good week in Sweden, optimizing 110 MW of BESS Centrica is building and optimizing in Sweden, with 110 MW added to its portfolio via three BESS projects this week.

13 hours ago

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UK government demands no more connection offer delays, mulls BESS oversupply options Letter to industry acknowledges delays, describes battery storage oversupply as an “emerging risk.” Measures under consideration include a new fee for oversubscribed technologies, such as BESS.

15 hours ago

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RWE withdraws 99.9 MW solar-plus-storage project in UK on grid constraints RWE has scrapped its 99.9 MW Butterfly solar‑plus‑storage project in Wales after determining that grid connection availability made it unviable, in a move that comes amid sharply rising connection demand and mounting pressure on the United Kingdom’s queue reform process.

Brian Publicover

19 hours ago

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Chile round-up: Approval for 1,409 MWh Black BESS project, Enel Chile begins Azabache BESS build The autumn season in Chile is not slowing down projects, with construction beginning at one site, and a new project approved for nearly 2 GWh of storage across the pair.

Apr 15, 2026

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Construction begins at Neoen’s six-hour duration battery in Australia’s far west Western Australia’s energy transition has reached another milestone with construction of the 164 MW / 905 MWh Muchea battery project – the state’s first six-hour grid-scale battery – moving from “concept to reality.”

Apr 15, 2026

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How an undersized power conversion system actually affects BESS output A European BESS underperformed despite healthy cells, with analysis from Accure Battery Intelligence pointing to an undersized PCS and no reactive power headroom.

Apr 14, 2026

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Dominican Republic opens bids for renewables tender, mandates energy storage The nation's latest call for long-term power purchase agreements focuses on supplying the national grid with wind and solar projects, specifically mandating integrated battery storage systems to ensure grid resilience.

Apr 14, 2026

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Australian 2,160 MWh BESS acquired and relocated to a decommissioned coal power plant Ampyr Australia will relocate the 270 MW Davenport battery energy storage system in the state of South Australia, where it'll get a new name: Northern Battery

Nov 13, 2025

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“It’s a miracle we have any storage projects in Germany at all” Interview: Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur or BNetzA) recently published an FAQ on grid connections for large-scale battery storage. It says that big battery systems require two separate procedures — one for charging (grid draw) and one for discharging (grid feed-in). Attorney Britta Wißmann from Watson Farley & Williams explains what this means for ongoing projects and existing grid connection approvals.

Sandra Enkhardt

Nov 13, 2025

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German network operators approve grid connection of 46 GWh of storage at medium voltage level Last year, German network operators received 9,710 connection requests for battery storage systems planned for commissioning at the medium-voltage level. These requests correspond to a total of 400 GW/661 GWh. At the transmission network level, large-scale battery storage projects with a combined capacity of 51 GW have already been approved for development in the coming years.

Sandra Enkhardt

Nov 12, 2025

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Italian ministry authorizes 500 MW of BESS projects Two new energy storage projects are set to be developed in Udine (25 MW) and Ferrara (486 MW).

Massimiliano Tripodo

Nov 12, 2025

Projects & Applications

Octopus reaches financial close on $587 million Blind Creek solar and DC-coupled battery project in Australia The battery energy sizing of 243 MW / 486 MWh provides two hours of storage for Octopus Australia

Nov 12, 2025

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Adani Group to build India’s largest battery storage project, aims for March 2026 commissioning Adani Group says it will install a 1,126 MW/3,530 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its Khavda renewable complex, marking India’s largest and one of the world’s biggest single-site deployments.

Nov 11, 2025

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‘Catastrophic failure’ at Waratah Super Battery in Australia A key infrastructure asset at one of the world's biggest batteries has reduced operations and delayed completion for more than six months, with few details made public regarding the critical asset.

Nov 10, 2025

Projects & Applications

Samsung C&T wins environmental approval in Australia for 300 MWh solar-storage plant in just 19 days Australian government authorities have fast-tracked environmental approval to Samsung's C&T division in Australia for its 300 MW / 300 MWh Queensland-based solar and battery energy storage project.

Nov 10, 2025

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Fluence to supply Leag’s 4 GWh battery project in Germany, Europe’s largest to date The 1 GW / 4 GWh battery energy storage project will be Fluence’s largest single installation worldwide to date, utilizing the company’s latest Smartstack energy storage platform.

Nov 07, 2025

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