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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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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
16 minutes 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
1 hour 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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Chile reaches 4.6 GW of energy storage under construction The March 2026 Energy Sector Construction and Investment Projects Report, released by the Chilean Ministry of Energy, records 38 storage systems under construction, for 4,597 MW and 18,780 MWh.
Luis Ini
Apr 29, 2026

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Germany: Bavaria inaugurates 200 MWh battery as Baden-WĂĽrttemberg prepares for big energy storage site Swiss battery developer MW Storage has built a 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Arzberg, Bavaria, and German utility EnBW is planning a 100 MW/100 MWh project at the Marbach gas-fired power plant.
Sandra Enkhardt, Jochen Siemer
Nov 12, 2024
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Chile: Sphera Energy preps 300 MWh battery site, Prevalon Energy secures 310 MWh order Sphera's Dorado Energy Storage System, in the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins region, would cost an estimated $45 million. Meanwhile, Prevalon Energy, a battery storage spin-out from Mitsubishi Power Americas, has secured an order from Innergex Renewable Energy to supply two new projects.
Luis Ini, Marija Maisch
Nov 12, 2024
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Alinta signs contractor deals for Australian 7.2 GWh pumped hydro project Power company Alinta Energy has hired Malaysian engineer Gamuda and European civil engineer Ferrovial Construction to progress design of its 900 MW, eight-hour Oven Mountain pumped hydro project, in New South Wales (NSW).
David Carroll
Nov 12, 2024
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New South Wales set for 1.38 GWh more battery energy storage France's TotalEnergies and Sino-Canadian business Canadian Solar have secured government approval for two solar-plus-storage sites in the Australian state.
David Carroll
Nov 12, 2024
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French development agency funds Eskom’s 21 GWh pumped storage project The South African power utility's Tubatse Pumped Hydro Storage System is recognized as a top priority inftrastructure project and will be developed under a public-private partnership.
Marija Maisch
Nov 11, 2024
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Brazil could add 18.2 GW of energy storage by 2040 That figure would require incentives, regulation and ambition. A study by Clean Energy Latin America (CELA) estimated the Brazilian storage market should grow at least 12.8% annually through 2040, reaching a cumulative 7.2 GW, excluding client-side, 'behind-the-meter' installations.
LĂ­via Neves
Nov 11, 2024
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Australia closed on a record 3.9 GWh of battery storage capacity in July-to-September Eight new battery projects added up to 95% more volume than was recorded in Q3, 2023, according to a Clean Energy Council (CEC) quarterly report which also pointed to a renewables generation boom.
David Carroll
Nov 11, 2024
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Latvia unveils first grid-scale battery as it prepares to swap Russian grid for Europe Hoymiles supplies the batteries as Latvia activates its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) ahead of planned decoupling from Russian grid.
Tristan Rayner
Nov 08, 2024
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Indian state of Rajasthan tendering up to 2 GWh of battery storage capacity State utility Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RVUNL) is tendering for 500 MW/1 GWh of standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) and may allot double that capacity, given sufficient demand.
Uma Gupta
Nov 08, 2024

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