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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.

9 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

11 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.

Sep 14, 2026

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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.

Sep 14, 2026

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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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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.

Sep 10, 2026

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Energy Vault buys 850 MW Japanese BESS portfolio from BayWa r.e. The name of the seller is now known, as Energy Vault continues to scale up globally.

May 28, 2026

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Gresham House announces equity deal on 794 MWh of UK pipeline The deal focuses on project equity versus direct fund investment via a massive Asian joint venture

May 28, 2026

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Engie and NHOA Energy begin construction on 320 MWh battery in Belgium Construction begins on major Drogenbos battery system, with Engie hiring its former subsiduary to build out the project.

May 28, 2026

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Australia’s first 8-hour battery moves to full operations RWE has received the official green light from the Australian Energy Market Operator and transmission network service provider Transgrid to operate Australia’s first eight hour battery energy storage system at its full 50 MW / 400 MWh capacity.

May 28, 2026

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Construction underway: 720 MWh BESS in New Mexico, 480 MWh in San Antonio Twin solar‑storage projects launch in New Mexico, while the cowboy hats were out in Texas for the Alamo City BESS groundbreaking.

May 27, 2026

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EDF Power Solutions commissions Poland’s most powerful battery Located in the city of Stary Grodków, in the south of the country, the 50 MW (120 MWh) capacity project is subject to a 17-year capacity contract with the Polish electricity network operator, in particular to facilitate the integration of renewable energy production assets.

Gwenaelle Deboutte

May 27, 2026

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Federal Network Agency stuns by approving refusal of grid connection for battery storage The decision has been met with incomprehension by legal experts, who see it as a "carte blanche for network operators."

Sandra Enkhardt

May 27, 2026

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Enbridge and Meta announce 1.6 GWh Wyoming solar and energy storage facility to serve data center needs The 365 MW solar and 1,600 MWh energy storage installation Cowboy Project, with batteries supplied and serviced by Tesla, is the second-largest planned solar installation in the Equality State.

May 27, 2026

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Australia now third-largest utility-scale battery market in the world As batteries boom, financial commitments for large-scale wind and solar are at a decade low in Australia.

May 26, 2026

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