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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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PPC, Metlen join hands to develop 3 GWh of battery storage in Romania, Bulgaria, Italy As Metlen confirmed to pv magazine, only 50 MWh of the announced pipeline will be located in Italy.

Marija Maisch, Sergio Matalucci

Mar 06, 2026

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Alfa Laval, IAE to deploy Korea’s first large-scale liquid air energy storage plant The partners say the LAES system will liquefy up to 10 tons of air per day for long-duration grid balancing.

Mar 05, 2026

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Energy China consortium wins 1 GWh Benban battery project in Egypt The project, described as Africa's largest standalone battery storage system, will have grid-forming capability.

Mar 04, 2026

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World’s largest compressed air energy storage station now fully operational in China With 600 MW of installed capacity and 2,400 MWh of storage, the Huai'an Salt Cavern project is now the world’s largest compressed air energy storage facility, surpassing the 300 MW/1,500 MWh project commissioned earlier this year that previously held the title.

Mar 04, 2026

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Solarig to operate and maintain Tesla Megapack 2 XL BESS systems in Chile The Spanish company becomes a Certified Service Provider for Tesla's battery storage systems in Chile, and will assume their operation and maintenance.

Mar 04, 2026

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Romania: Financial close for 1 GWh co-located battery; construction starts on 116 MWh BESS retrofit Vienna-based IPP Enery has secured €460 million green financing for one of Europe's biggest hybrid solar-and-storage project, while Denmark’s Eurowind Energy has kicked off installation of its 120 MWh Teiuș battery system, highlighting major momentum in Romania’s renewable energy transition.

Mar 04, 2026

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Indian giga-scale battery tender sets sub-$2,000 monthly price Some 11 bidders, mostly battery energy storage system (BESS) new entrants, secured projects ranging in scale from 50 MW/100 MWh to 200 MW/400 MWh.

Oct 10, 2025

Projects & Applications

Nala Renewables acquires 250 MW Finnish ready-to-build battery portfolio The acquisition of ready-to-build projects from Fu-Gen will boost Nala’s battery storage capacity to more than 300 MW in the country.

Oct 09, 2025

Auctions

Solar-plus-storage dominates latest Australian CIS tender Some 11 of the 20 projects allocated in the latest round of the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) feature solar sites alongside battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Oct 09, 2025

Auctions

Italy’s smallest MACSE project withdrawn, auction results republished A 32 MWh energy storage system has been removed from an approved list which now runs to 14 projects with 9,968 MWh of storage capacity.

Massimiliano Tripodo

Oct 09, 2025

Tenders

Argentina awards two more battery storage projects in AlmaGBA tender As part of the procurement exercise, two more projects have been added in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA) battery program, bringing total awarded capacity to 713 MW.

Oct 08, 2025

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Kazakhstan mega wind site will feature 600 MWh battery The Mirny project will include a 300 MW/600 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), according to China's Envision Energy.

Oct 08, 2025

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Mercom: India reaches 490 MWh of energy storage capacity by June Mercom India Research expects India’s cumulative energy storage installations to reach 33 GWh by 2028.

Oct 08, 2025

Software

Operational issues hit returns in one in five battery storage projects, report finds A recent report from battery intelligence firm Accure reveals that while most battery energy storage systems (BESS) operate reliably, nearly 19% of projects experience reduced returns due to technical issues and unplanned downtime.

Oct 07, 2025

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Engie, Colbún progress 1.7 GWh of battery storage in Chile Engie will install a 140 MW/802 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at a thermal power site and Colbún plans an extra 228 MW/912 MWh BESS at its Diego de Almagro Sur solar-plus-storage project.

Luis Ini, Max Hall

Oct 07, 2025

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