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Finance and construction updates from 2 GWh of US batteries Spearmint Energy has secured $252 million funding for a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas, Trina is supplying a 371 MWh BESS in Houston, EDF has sourced long-term funding for an operational site in California, and Strata and Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Inc. (PSEI) have broken ground on a solar-plus-storage project in Arizona.

Apr 25, 2025

Grid-scale

Metlen sells 1.61 GWh of Chilean batteries as part of storage and solar portfolio The battery energy storage systems (BESS) are under construction and their completion, due this year, will close the $815 million sale.

Apr 25, 2025

Grid-scale

Adani Green secures deal for 1.25 GW of Indian pumped hydro The renewables business of airports-to-weapons conglomerate Adani was awarded the contract to develop the pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) capacity by the Uttar Pradesh Power Corp. Ltd (UPPCL) in February.

Apr 24, 2025

Grid-scale

Construction starts on first big battery to directly connect to TenneT Netherlands network Dutch energy storage firm Return has started construction on the 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system in Waddinxveen, which will be the first project of the size to connect to the TenneT Netherlands high-voltage network in 2026. Vattenfall will manage and optimize half of the system’s capacity under an eight-year contract.

Apr 24, 2025

Grid-scale

Colbún chooses e-Storage for 912 MWh battery project in Chile Canadian Solar's e-Storage division secured the supply deal from Chilean utility Colbún for the Atacama-based project. Construction is slated to begin in June with the site to be operational in December 2026.

Apr 24, 2025

Products

Spain’s Cegasa unveils its first utility-scale battery The Spanish manufacturer will exhibit the E/Xpand HV battery at the upcoming Smarter E show in Munich next month. It will showcase racks for commercial and industrial (C&I) and large-scale systems of up to 5 MWh.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Apr 24, 2025

Grid-scale

Western Australia completes installation of 2 GWh BESS near ageing coal-fired power plant In the shadow of the aging Collie coal-fired power plant scheduled to close by 2027, the installation of 640 containerised batteries at Collie, Western Australia, is now complete. The battery storage facility will start serving the grid later in 2025.

Apr 24, 2025

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Projects & Applications

Hydrostor’s 4000 MWh compressed air storage project in line for U.S. DoE funding The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a tentative financial commitment to support the development of 500 MW/4000 MWh of long duration energy storage (LDES) in California.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Jan 10, 2025

Grid-scale

World’s largest compressed air energy storage facility commences full operation in China A 300 MW compressed air energy storage (CAES) power station utilizing two underground salt caverns in central China's Hubei Province was successfully connected to the grid at full capacity, making it the largest operating project of the kind in the world.

Jan 10, 2025

Grid-scale

Statera acquires 1360 MWh battery project in north-west England One of UK's largest battery energy storage projects has changed hands and will come online next year as part of a low carbon energy park in Greater Manchester.

Jan 10, 2025

Grid-scale

Key Capture Energy adds 200 MW of BESS in Texas Two 100 MW battery energy storage (BESS) projects developed by Key Capture Energy have commenced commercial operations, bringing the company's total utility-scale BESS portfolio to more than 620 MW in the US. The company has also announced the transfer of the investment tax credits (ITCs) for both projects to a third party.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Jan 09, 2025

Grid-scale

World’s largest pumped storage power plant fully operational in China The plant features 12 reversible pump-turbine units, each with a capacity of 300 MW, including two variable-speed units, bringing the total installed capacity to 3.6 GW.

Jan 09, 2025

Grid-scale

Israel’s N2OFF, Italy’s Solterra plan 784 MWh of battery storage in Sicily The agreement provides for the construction of two battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Sicily, each with a capacity of 98 MW/392 MWh.

Massimiliano Tripodo

Jan 09, 2025

Flow batteries

Quinone redox flow battery company secures $2.6m for commercial pilot site Quino Energy says the mildly alkaline nature of its storage medium means it can be installed in existing oil industry holding tanks.

Jan 09, 2025

Batteries from Canadian Solar

Projects & Applications

CIP initiates construction of 2 GWh of battery storage in Scotland The move has made Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners one of the largest battery storage investor in the United Kingdom.

Jan 08, 2025

Grid-scale

Neoen breaks ground on its first German battery storage project The 45 MW/90 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) is part of Neoen's 1 GW portfolio of projects in Germany.

Jan 08, 2025

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