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Brazil greenlights co-located solar and storage for the first time The authorization opens a new frontier in Brazil for co-location and regulation of batteries.

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Renalfa BESS in Bulgaria

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Utility-scale sodium-ion arrives in Romania: Renalfa plans 3.6 GWh dual-chemistry BESS A major Romanian hybrid cluster is advancing after the acquisition of significant PV and BESS assets in the country. New investment will then mix lithium-ion and sodium-ion storage

5 hours ago

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Spark secures approval in Australia for massive solar and 1.5 GWh storage project Spark Renewables has secured final planning approval for a solar and storage project that will add 800 MW of PV and 356 MW / 1,574 MW of energy storage capacity to the grid.

Apr 07, 2026

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Neoen to build France’s biggest BESS at 496 MWh, enters Japanese market Coinciding with the French president’s visit to Japan, French renewable giant Neoen announced two landmark battery energy storage (BESS) projects, including its first battery in Japan and the biggest battery in France, which it will build in collaboration with Japan’s Nidec.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 07, 2026

Projects & Applications

Georgia Power breaks ground on 1 GWh BESS near existing solar site Construction has begun on a 260 MW/1 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Georgia. Burns & McDonnell has been contracted to build the battery which is scheduled for completion in 2027.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 02, 2026

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Michigan approves 1.3 GW BESS portfolio, including contested Oracle data center assets Approved DTE Electric storage facilities include one asset backed by a 20-year tolling agreement, two self-build contracts and three batteries to serve an Oracle-owned data center. The energy regulator has denied a petition from the state’s attorney general to revisit BESS approvals.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Apr 01, 2026

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President Aliyev switches on landmark Azerbaijan BESS project Head of state attends commissioning of key project in wider 500 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment program. The utility-scale BESS is expected to support a ramping up of renewables deployment in Azerbaijan.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Mar 31, 2026

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April 01 – August 31, 2026

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Tesla batteries help during Samoan month-long power crisis Cable and generator failures, and severe storms, have taken 10 MW out of the island nation's grid since February.

Apr 03, 2025

Revenue streams

Germany’s 50Hertz opens up reactive power market to renewables, battery storage With regulator the Federal Network Agency requiring grid companies to tender for the provision of the reactive power needed to maintain network voltage, electricity transmission system operator (TSO) 50Hertz has stolen a lead on its rivals.

Sandra Enkhardt

Apr 03, 2025

Auctions

Indian state awards 700 MWh in undersubscribed battery tender Sarala Project Works offered the lowest price, of INR 249,000 ($2,910) per MW of project capacity per month, for a 50 MW/100 MWh site.

Apr 03, 2025

Finance

UK, Singapore aim to finance 175 MWh of Southeast Asian batteries It is hoped an $80 million seed debt fund will catalyze $300 million worth of clean energy generation and energy storage projects across the region, with an initial focus on the Philippines and Indonesia.

Apr 02, 2025

Grid-scale

Zen Energy, Taiwan’s HDRE to develop 695 MW of Australian big batteries Zen Energy has signed an agreement with clean power company Hongde Energy for the development rights to multiple big battery projects, and a solar farm, in three Australian states.

Apr 02, 2025

R&D

Unlocking underground energy storage with defunct fossil fuel infrastructure A new study found that housing compressed-air energy storage systems in abandoned oil and gas wells could improve system efficiency by 9.5%.

Apr 01, 2025

Policy

Texas bill supports dispatchable resources, excludes energy storage The legislation appears to aim to limit the growth of energy storage in a state where a booming renewable energy market is reducing the need for natural-gas peaker plants.

Apr 01, 2025

Policy

Spanish consultation exercise on storage and 100%-renewables islands Spain's Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) is launching a public consultation on promoting energy storage and the integration of clean power into the energy system of its islands.

Pilar Sanchez Molina

Apr 01, 2025

Flow batteries

Japan’s first subsidized flow battery under construction Sumitomo Electric has operated a 2 MW/8 MWh pilot vanadium flow battery in San Diego since December 2018 and is constructing a similarly sized facility on the island of Kyushu.

Mar 31, 2025

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