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Plans for 3.4 GWh of storage across Scottish, English batteries Matrix Renewables wants to construct 1 GW/2 GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) at Eccles and Kilmarnock, in Scotland, and Clearstone Energy has secured planning consent for a 300 MW/600 MWh BESS in Suffolk and a 400 MW/800 MWh site near Horsham.

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Markets

What California and Texas can learn from Australia’s energy storage boom Australia has positioned itself as a global laboratory for energy storage deployment.

20 hours ago

Finance

Battery storage prices fall as demand grows in Italy, says industry Italian industry players saw energy storage systems fall in price in 2024, but 2025 may be a different story.

Lara Morandotti

Apr 22, 2025

Projects & Applications

Energy S.p.A plans 8 GWh battery production site in Italy Energy S.p.A. is making plans for a new 8 GWh battery production facility in Italy's Veneto region, where it already operates a 400 MWh production line in partnership with Pylontech EU.

Sergio Matalucci

Apr 22, 2025

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Eku Energy acquires 2 GWh UK battery project portfolio Eku Energy, the battery storage offshoot of Australian financial services group Macquarie, has acquired a 1 GW/2 GWh portfolio of energy storage projects in the United Kingdom.

Apr 22, 2025

Opinion & Analysis

German battery energy storage: a key technology for grid integration? While Germany's new coalition government has made the right noises about energy storage in its written agreement, the lack of concrete reform and legal certainty in the terms used is not enough for investors to bank on.

Boris Scholtka, Franziska Rothe, Marija L. Krstanović

Apr 17, 2025

Fire risk and safety

UL battery safety standard updated for new storage chemistries Underwriters Laboratories (UL) says the fifth edition of its ANSI/CAN/UL 9540A standard addresses technology such as sodium-ion batteries and new use-cases including rooftop installations.

Apr 17, 2025

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Wärtsilä: US policy upheaval could benefit Italian battery market Adam Atkinson-Lewis, from the Finnish energy storage provider, discusses Italy's forthcoming Energy Storage Capacity Procurement Mechanism (MACSE) auction and the bullish prospects for Italian battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Sergio Matalucci

Apr 14, 2025

Finance

German town of Beckum launches utility-scale battery storage with community investment option Up to 500 residents in the German city of Beckum can invest between €500 ($568) and €25,000 into a planned 20 MW/55 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Apr 14, 2025

Grid-scale

Permitting boost for 5.6 GWh of Australian batteries Plans to build two battery energy storage systems (BESS) in central Queensland have received the all-clear to skip further stages of the federal government’s environmental approvals process.

Apr 14, 2025

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Policy

UK energy regulator opens cap-and-floor LDES application window 1 Ofgem has opened the first application window for long duration energy storage (LDES) projects under the cap-and-floor regulatory scheme. Interested parties should notify the regulator of their intent to submit projects by April 22.

Apr 11, 2025

Revenue streams

US call for better energy storage rules in wholesale markets Improving the way energy storage can participate in paid markets would improve grid reliability and save customers money, according to the American Clean Power Association (ACP).

William Driscoll

Apr 11, 2025

Fluence Gridstack

Grid-scale

India preps 500 MWh battery in state of Kerala The four-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) will provide electricity to the state electricity distribution company for INR 441,000 ($273,000), per megawatt of project capacity, per month.

Apr 11, 2025

Auctions

Brazilian battery auction order due before June Brazil's Minister for Mines and Energy has said auctions for thermal grid capacity reserve and battery energy storage systems (BESS) will be held this year.

Apr 11, 2025

Auctions

LCP Delta: Italy will add 9 GW of front-of-the-meter batteries by 2030 The London-based consultancy predicts longer duration, six- to eight-hour assets will be more important in the South of Italy while medium-duration, two- to four-hour assets will dominate in the North.

Sergio Matalucci

Apr 11, 2025

Policy

California battery dominance coming into view The Golden State is deploying energy storage at an exponential pace, doubling capacity every 1.2 years according to one California physicist. That raises a critical question for the state’s renewables future: What happens next?

John Fitzgerald Weaver

Apr 11, 2025

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