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Toki Power secures 300 MWh standalone BESS in Romania The company says the battery energy storage system, set to be operational by the end of next year, will allow it to offer its partners with renewable assets balancing and route-to-market services.

Dec 12, 2025

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German energy company moves ahead with 800 MWh battery storage project Energy company Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (EnBW) has announced its large-scale battery storage facility, to be built at the site of a former nuclear power plant in southwestern Germany, will be developed without government subsidies.

Sandra Enkhardt

Dec 11, 2025

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Neoen begins building 1.2 GWh third stage of Australia’s mega battery The developer said once Stage 3 becomes operational, the Western Downs battery will contribute a combined 845 MW / 2,300 MWh of storage capacity in support of the state of Queensland’s energy transition.

Dec 10, 2025

Offgrid

Angola, Cabo Verde inaugurate major co-located battery storage projects In Angola, 75.26 MWh of battery storage has begun operating as part of Africa’s largest off-grid renewable energy system to date. Meanwhile, Cabo Verde has switched on a 26 MWh storage system tied to an existing wind farm.

Dec 10, 2025

Policy

Germany to remove large battery storage systems from grid connection ordinance Following a surge in battery storage applications, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is planning to remove storage systems from a rulebook overseeing the grid connection of power plants larger than 100 MW. The move has been criticized by the German Renewable Energy Federation.

Sandra Enkhardt

Dec 09, 2025

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Equis commissions 1.6 GWh battery, one of Australia’s largest One of Australia’s biggest battery energy storage projects has powered up with renewables developer Equis Australia confirming that the 600 MW / 1.6 GWh Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub in Victoria is now fully operational.

Dec 09, 2025

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India’s Oriana Power explores compact pumped storage for C&I customers, raises BESS target to 20 GWh by 2030 Oriana Power is expanding its focus beyond battery energy storage to compact pumped-storage solutions – a new generation of systems that the company believes could redefine the future of commercial and industrial (C&I) energy management.

Dec 08, 2025

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AMEA Power selects partners for 300 MWh BESS project in Egypt The project will pioneer the use of a utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Egypt.

Jan 23, 2025

Revenue streams

MACSE auction: A game changer for Italy’s energy storage sector With the first auctions for procuring new storage capacity in Italy expected in the second quarter of 2025, Aurora Energy Research has analyzed the internal rate of return for projects supported by the Energy Storage Capacity Procurement Mechanism (MACSE) and found that in certain cases expected returns exceed 9%, providing a high level of revenue security. However, as Aurora’s Maddalena Cerreto tells ESS News, there are also zones where the expected profitability of merchant investments outcomes the MACSE ones.

Jan 22, 2025

Grid-scale

X-Elio plans Australian 720 MW/2.88 GWh solar-and-battery project The Canadian-owned Spanish developer has lodged an application with the Australian federal government seeking approval to build a 720 MW/2.88 GWh solar-plus-storage project in Queensland’s North Burnett region.

Jan 22, 2025

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Sungrow plans 923 MWh battery, transmission project in Chile The project involves a 120 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) and a 220 kV high voltage line with a length of 230 meters, located in the commune of Melipilla, Metropolitan Region of Santiago.

Jan 22, 2025

Auctions

Renewables-plus-storage auctions to gain traction in India India Ratings (Ind-Ra) expects renewable-energy-plus-storage tenders to proliferate to meet the National Electricity Plan's energy storage requirement of around 74 GW/411 GWh.

Jan 22, 2025

Grid-scale

UK investor Gore Street energizes 400 MWh Californian battery The battery backer said its 200 MW/400 MWh Big Rock project will start generating grid resource adequacy (RA) income in June 2025, its Dogfish site in Texas will be operational in February 2025, but there has been a delay to its Enderby project, in England.

Jan 21, 2025

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Egypt’s Elsewedy finances 100 MWh standalone battery project in Greece The Egyptian developer has secured the 50 MW/100 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project under Greece's first energy storage tender.

Jan 21, 2025

Finance

Quinbrook lands new finance for 3 GWh Queensland battery Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has closed an AUD 722 million ($450 million) finance deal that will support development of the early stages of a planned 760 MW/3,096 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) being built in Queensland.

Jan 21, 2025

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Approval for 200 MW Italian battery owned by Ireland’s Aer Soléir The project in the municipality of Genzano di Lucania, which comprises two 100 MW sections, has received authorization from Italy's Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE).

Sergio Matalucci

Jan 20, 2025

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