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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

Projects & Applications

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

Grid-scale

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

Grid-scale

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

Grid-scale

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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Markets

Prevalon bags 800 MWh project from Idaho Power, Westbridge announces five standalone projects in Alberta, Plenitude takes stake in 368 MWh of colocated storage in California From big supply deals to new project announcements and acqusitions, grid-scale battery energy storage in North America is going from strength to strength.

Jan 16, 2025

Software

Finnish telcom operator Elisa to optimize 100 MWh sand battery Touted as the world's biggest project of the kind, the sand battery developed by the Tampere-based company Polar Night Energy will use crushed soapstone, a by-product from a fireplace manufacturer, as its storage medium.

Jan 16, 2025

Opinion & Analysis

California vs. Texas: A comparison of battery energy storage market participation California and Texas stand out as national leaders in existing and planned battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity. While both states share the goal of integrating renewable energy and stabilizing their grids, their networks have utilized BESS in distinct ways, reflecting their different market structures. This article describes some key differences between the electricity independent system operators (ISOs) that impact how battery owners operate and dispatch their BESS.

Jan 15, 2025

Auctions

How Brazil’s first capacity reserve auction of 2025 could impact battery demand Changes to Brazil's first capacity reserve auction of 2025 could undermine the expansion of the procurement regime to include battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the second exercise of the year, according to Markus Vlasits, chairman of Brazil's energy storage trade body.

Jan 15, 2025

Grid-scale

Polat Energy, Rolls Royce join hands on Turkey’s largest battery energy storage project The 132 MWh battery energy storage project will be collocated with an operating wind farm.

Jan 15, 2025

Grid-scale

Zen Energy, HDRE target 1 GW Australian energy storage The scope of Zen Energy's new collaboration with Taiwan's HD Renewable Energy has expanded with a joint venture (JV) targeting 1 GW of energy storage and 400 MW of solar in Australia.

Jan 15, 2025

Grid-scale

Fluence to supply 400 MWh of battery storage to Ukraine’s DTEK The US-German energy storage company will supply 200 MW/400 MWh of grid-forming battery energy storage systems (BESS) across six sites by October 2025.

Jan 14, 2025

Grid-scale

Masdar, EWEC announce 5 GW/19 GWh solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi Masdar and Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) plan to build a $6 billion, 5 GW/19 GWh solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, with operations set to start by 2027.

Blathnaid O’Dea

Jan 14, 2025

Grid-scale

German transmission companies had connection requests for 226 GW of big batteries at turn of year Many requests may be duplicates and most relate to early stage projects but electricity distribution system operator (DSO) E.On alone was sitting on applications for almost 100 GW of sites.

Sandra Enkhardt

Jan 14, 2025

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