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California sets precedent by overriding local blockade to advance 1.2 GWh Soda Mountain BESS California is asserting state authority to revive the $700 million Soda Mountain project, marking a new era where Sacramento can reclaim authority from local counties to force stalled utility-scale solar and storage across the finish line.

Apr 30, 2026

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Australia’s market operator Q1 2026 report highlights 4.4 GW of grid storage coming online boosting renewables The battery boom in Australia at grid-scale and the residential sector is changing the face of the grid, with data showing the scale of the shifts across Australia's east.

Tristan Rayner, Ev Foley

Apr 30, 2026

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US grid operator PJM reopens interconnection process: 67 GW+ of storage in the queue Grid operator PJM has reopened its standard interconnection process to new generation projects, after closing the standard process to new applicants in 2022 to completely clear its backlog.

William Driscoll

Apr 30, 2026

Projects & Applications

Longi completes its fully integrated battery storage project in Europe Longi has completed grid connection and begun operations of its 13.75 MW/50.16 MWh BESS project in central Italy, while also launching a service centre in Madrid.

Sergio Matalucci

Apr 29, 2026

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Chile reaches 4.6 GW of energy storage under construction The March 2026 Energy Sector Construction and Investment Projects Report, released by the Chilean Ministry of Energy, records 38 storage systems under construction, for 4,597 MW and 18,780 MWh.

Apr 29, 2026

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Massive new $58.5 billion AI data center for Croatia to be anchored by 8 GWh BESS €50 billion Croatia AI campus by Pantheon Atlas pairs 500 MW solar with 8,000 MWh battery to meet hyperscale demand.

Apr 29, 2026

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Saft to supply additional batteries as New Zealand’s major BESS doubles in size Adding on 100 MW / 200 MWh to the Huntly BESS to double the size of the first stage of one of New Zealand's largest batteries.

Apr 28, 2026

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Saft to supply 356 MWh battery storage project in Taiwan The French business says the project will take it to 630 MWh of energy storage capacity in Taiwan, once complete next year.

Oct 28, 2025

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Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility battery market Australia is the third-largest market worldwide for large-scale energy storage by capacity and is blitzing the field in per capita battery storage installations, with more than 1 GWh per million people – double that of nearest rival the United Kingdom.

Oct 28, 2025

Auctions

Brazil’s minister of mines and energy discusses battery auction with Chinese companies Alexandre Silveira has met with leading companies including Huawei, BYD, and CATL to drum up interest in Brazil’s first large-scale energy storage auction, slated for later this year.

Oct 27, 2025

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Spanish large-scale energy storage call backs more than 11 GWh of projects Battery energy storage systems (BESS) accounted for 124 of 144 projects backed by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) cash.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Oct 27, 2025

Revenue streams

Electricity spot market switch to 15-minute intervals boosts battery revenue The transition of the electricity spot market to 15-minute increments, effective since Oct. 1, is already changing the economic dynamics of battery storage in Europe. Storio Energy has tracked a 20% increase in market arbitrage revenue for batteries thanks to more accurate recording of price fluctuations.

Gwenaelle Deboutte

Oct 27, 2025

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Masdar, EWEC break ground on 1 GW baseload solar-plus-storage project Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. (Masdar) and Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) have started building a solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi that will deliver 1 GW of continuous baseload energy from a 5.2 GW solar plant paired with a 19 GWh battery system.

Brian Publicover

Oct 27, 2025

Vattenfall's Haringvliet Zuid hybrid energy park in the Netherlands, featuring solar, wind, and storage.

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6 GW of Dutch batteries about to get grid access After unlocking more than 9 GW of high-voltage grid capacity through flexible off-peak contracts, Dutch transmission system operator Tennet is set to allocate roughly two-thirds of the connection rights to battery energy storage systems.

Oct 24, 2025

Grid-scale

Another 1.4 GWh of US energy storage, $350m of battery-related investment Utility Georgia Power is forging ahead with plans for battery energy storage systems (BESS), Canadian Solar-owned Recurrent Energy has secured $825m for a storage project and a solar site, and developer and battery materials firm Redwood Materials has attracted new investment.

Oct 24, 2025

Policy

Flexible grid connection agreements and compensation trade-offs Germany's Environmental Energy Law Foundation has classified the role of flexible grid connection agreements in practice. The lawyers say power grid planning must still follow clean energy project development, not vice versa.

Sandra Enkhardt

Oct 24, 2025

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