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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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Swiss startup’s subscription model offers lifetime guarantee for second-life batteries Switzerland startup Evolium Technologies' subscription-based business model offers residential battery owners a lifetime guarantee on second life batteries. The startup tests and remotely monitors each battery cell so it can alert customers when a cell is under-performing.
Blathnaid O’Dea
8 hours ago
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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
13 hours ago
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Drax completes Flexitricity purchase adding AI tools to its BESS operations FlexGen business director tells ESS News how acquiring optimizer can support company’s battery trading operations. The purchase comes as Drax increases exposure to the UK battery energy storage system (BESS) market.
Matthew Lynas
Apr 01, 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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BBDF 2026 opening session: optimism, caution, and grid fees From the floor of the Battery Business & Development Forum 2026, the first session focused on how the appetites of investors and stakeholders for battery projects is changing.
Tristan Rayner
Mar 31, 2026
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Construction underway at one of Poland’s largest battery storage projects Groundbreaking for utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) site follows success in capacity market auction, with multi-year revenue secured. R.Power developed project is expected to come online by end of 2026.
Matthew Lynas
Mar 31, 2026

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Green light for 740 MWh Spanish battery projects Spain's Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has issued favorable environmental impact statements (EIS) for three projects: 200 MWh of storage on a hybrid renewables site, a 340 MWh battery in Malaga, and a 200 MWh project in Asturias.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Dec 17, 2024
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Batteries key to Australia’s 82% renewables 2030 target Doubts about Australia’s ability to power its National Electricity Market (NEM) with 82% renewable energy by 2030 have been put to bed by a Climate Energy Finance (CEF) report citing off-the-charts battery energy storage growth.
Ev Foley
Dec 17, 2024
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Spain allocates €150m for 2.82 GWh of grid-scale, standalone batteries The 45 battery and thermal energy storage projects allocated European Union subsidies will add more than 779 MW/3.4 GWh of capacity to the Spanish grid.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Dec 16, 2024
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Construction of Spain’s first grid booster batteries to begin in January Grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE) will install two 25 MW/18.75 MWh batteries in what it has described as 'the largest SATA [storage as a transmission asset] system in the south of the European Union and the first of its kind to be built in Spain.'
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Dec 16, 2024
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Lightsource starts construction of 640 MWh Australian battery Lightsource bp has started construction of its Woolooga battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland and its million-panel Goulburn River hybrid project in New South Wales (NSW).
Ev Foley
Dec 16, 2024
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US adds cumulative 3.8 GW in Q3, residential battery storage hits all-time high In the third quarter of 2024, the US installed 3.8 GW of storage across all segments, 80% increase from Q3 2023.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 13, 2024
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German grid company approves Sonnen home battery VPP for primary control power Baden-Württemberg's Transnet BW has followed in the footsteps of Tennet and Amprion. Sonnen has around 150 MWh of home batteries installed across Transnet's network.
Sandra Enkhardt
Dec 13, 2024
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Canadian Solar switches on Phase I of Gansu standalone BESS Once completed, the standalone battery storage project in China's Gansu province will have a cumulative storage capacity of 2 GWh.
Vincent Shaw
Dec 13, 2024
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Long duration energy storage must scale 50x faster to reach net zero Long-duration energy storage (LDES) capacity should reach 1.5 TW by 2030 and up to 8 TW by 2040 to achieve global decarbonization targets, says the LDES Council. Its annual report contains ‘seven enablers’ to scale LDES, mostly hinging on awareness of the technology.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Dec 13, 2024

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