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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
2 hours 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
4 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
6 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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EDF energizes 150 MW/600 MWh of energy storage at Californian solar site Located mostly on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) territory, Desert Quartzite is expected to generate enough electricity to meet the consumption needs of more than 163,000 California homes.
Anne Fischer
Feb 04, 2025
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Aggreko mulls gas plant-battery hybrid projects for Brazil’s capacity auctions The English and US-owned business could offer gas-plus-storage projects in a thermal and hydro capacity reserve auction (LRCAP) planned for June as well as bidding in this year's planned energy storage tender.
Lívia Neves
Feb 03, 2025
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Modo Energy forecasts big future for Australian big batteries The nation’s grid-scale battery fleet is forecast to grow rapidly through 2027 with market analytics platform Modo Energy revealing 16.8 GW/42.8 GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects are in the national grid's three-year pipeline.
David Carroll
Feb 03, 2025
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French railway company tests rail-mounted solar-plus-storage plant for works sites A subsidiary of French national railway Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) is testing a containerized solar-plus-storage system that can be mounted, and moved, on rails.
Marie Beyer
Feb 03, 2025
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Germany’s battery storage fleet surges to 19 GWh Last year, the number of newly installed residential battery energy storage systems in Germany fell slightly. In contrast, the capacity of large-scale storage systems with a power output of more than 1 MW doubled within a year.
Sandra Enkhardt
Jan 31, 2025
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Crypto miner among clients of 880 MWh+ of Texan energy storage capacity Battery maker SES AI Corp. will supply up to 100 MWh of its battery energy storage systems (BESS) to energy retailer Aispex, and Enfinity Global has revealed plans for 850 MWh of BESS capacity across two other Texan sites.
Max Hall
Jan 31, 2025
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More than 3.4 GWh of Chilean batteries enter environmental assessment Six applications for standalone and solar-linked battery energy storage systems (BESS) were submitted for environmental permits from Jan. 23 to Jan. 30.
Luis Ini
Jan 31, 2025
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Gepsenix plans battery production in Germany With a production line due by August 2025, Gepsenix will also move its headquarters from Düsseldorf to Hilden at some point.
Sandra Enkhardt
Jan 31, 2025
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US startup unveils polymer battery electrolytes that eliminate thermal runaway Anthro Energy’s phase-change electrolytes reduce battery fire risk and can double cycle life.
Phoebe Skok
Jan 31, 2025

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