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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.

11 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

12 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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Capacity Investment Scheme tenders for 2.4 GWh of storage for Western Australia The focus of the federal government’s Capacity Investment Scheme has turned to Western Australia with two tenders to open later this month seeking 1.6 GW of renewable generation, such as solar and wind, as well as 2.4 GWh of dispatchable capacity, such as battery energy storage.

Aug 11, 2025

Markets

Spotlight on New Zealand: Battery storage capacity expands as hydro faces climate challenges While hydro still rules, New Zealand is starting to take battery storage seriously, especially on the North Island.

Aug 08, 2025

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Calibrant energizes three battery storage systems in New York, delivering 55.7 MWh Calibrant energises three front-of-the-meter battery projects in New York state, supplying capacity to Con Edison’s grid.

Aug 08, 2025

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Matrix Renewables plans 400 MWh battery storage in two plants in northern Spain Matrix Renewables unveils twin stand-alone 100 MW battery installations in Huesca’s Pyrenees, in northern Spain.

Aug 08, 2025

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Energy Vault raises $300 million, firms up 1 GWh Stoney Creek battery storage acquisition in Australia The full acquisition of the 1 GWh Stone Creek battery storage system to Energy Vault is complete, and precedes a $300 million preferred equity investment to launch its Asset Vault subsidiary.

Aug 08, 2025

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Senegal switches on inaugural solar-plus-storage facility Africa REN has commissioned a 16 MW solar plant with 10 MW/20 MWh of battery storage in northern Senegal, billed as the first grid-connected solar-plus-storage facility in West Africa.

Aug 07, 2025

Industry

Italy greenlights 361 MW of new battery storage projects The largest project, a 160 MW facility, will be built in the municipality of Tuscania.

Massimiliano Tripodo, Tristan Rayner

Aug 07, 2025

Projects & Applications

Chile: AES Andes begins construction on co-located energy storage-backed plants with 2,380 MWh The Pampas and Cristales plants each have 340 MW battery energy storage systems (BESS) with long-duration capacity, to go with significant renewable generation.

Aug 07, 2025

Finance

PowerBank begins battery storage rollout in Ontario with first 4.99 MW project PowerBank’s first Ontario battery project begins installation, with a second project delayed by permitting issues.

Aug 07, 2025

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