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Project Applications ESS News

The global pipeline of energy storage projects is growing rapidly across a variety of market segments, including distributed, grid-scale, off-grid and second-life projects.

From increasing solar self-consumption, reducing consumption peaks, providing flexibility to the electricity system, to deferring costly investments in transmission and distribution infrastructure, the range of applications which energy storage devices can provide is constantly evolving.

To build a robust business case, however, most storage facilities need to provide several services.

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CATL expands into Australia with deal with Zinfra for battery storage projects The collaboration is the start of CATL's widening ambitions in the energy storage space as becomes more forward integrated and expands its offerings using local partners.
Tristan Rayner
31 minutes ago
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USA: Western grid enters new era as CAISO launches Extended Day-Ahead Market The May 1 go-live of the Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM) marks the first time Western utilities can coordinate large-scale solar and storage resources 24 hours in advance, a move projected to significantly slash curtailment and boost regional reliability.
Ryan Kennedy
3 hours ago
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Australia adds 350,000 residential batteries and 4.6 GWh in 10 months under subsidy-scheme With a 30% credit for the cost of a battery provided to installers, a boom has occured in Australia. Many homes have retrofitted batteries to existing solar, and many have taken up solar for the first time as well.
Ev Foley
4 hours ago
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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.
Ryan Kennedy
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
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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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Risen Energy and Brazil’s MTR Solar Group sign a 1GW agreement for energy storage solutions Risen Energy and MTR Solar Group have signed an agreement to jointly develop 1 GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) solutions, building on their collaboration in the Latin American market. Risen Energy made a brief announcement on several of its company’s LinkedIn pages, following earlier reports posted to Tencent QQ in China. Reports also […]
Tristan Rayner
Feb 06, 2025
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German court rules Senec dealer must refund cost of reduced-capacity home battery Judges at Bielefeld Regional Court ruled the maximum 70% operating capacity of the home battery – while replacement lithium ferro-phosphate (LFP) cells are awaited – is a material defect. Senec is appealing against the ruling.
Sandra Enkhardt
Feb 05, 2025
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Engie Chile activates 418 MWh battery on former diesel site The French-owned developer says it has obtained National Electric Coordinator (CEN) authorization for the energy storage system in the Antofagasta region.
Luis Ini
Feb 05, 2025
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ACEN Australia plans agrisolar site with 2.8 GWh battery Acen Australia is proposing a 320 MW agrisolar and 1.4 GW (AC)/2.8 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the New England renewable energy zone (REZ).
Ev Foley
Feb 05, 2025
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India’s Welspun plans 1.2 GW pumped hydro energy storage site in Odisha Welspun New Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Odisha to establish a 1.2 GW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) site and a 1 GW floating solar project in the Indian state.
Uma Gupta
Feb 05, 2025
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Piclo opens California grid flexibility marketplace The distributed-energy resource (DER) market provider enables operators of batteries, smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, and electricity demand-response systems to sell flexible grid storage capacity to utilities.
Ryan Kennedy
Feb 05, 2025
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Georgia Power’s 2025 IRP: Further shift towards battery storage State resourcing plans are increasingly updating battery energy storage systems (BESS) plans, especially those tied to solar.
Tristan Rayner
Feb 04, 2025
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GridStor acquires another 300 MWh Texan big battery project The Goldman Sachs-backed developer has acquired 450 MW/1.5 GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity across three US projects since mid January.
Max Hall
Feb 04, 2025
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Ampyr Energy takes control of 1 GWh Australian big battery Renewables developer Ampyr Australia plans to fast track development of a 400 MW/1 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in central New South Wales after buying out former project partner Shell Energy's stake.
David Carroll
Feb 04, 2025

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