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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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China’s innovative 1.2 GWh compressed air energy storage project A state-backed consortium is constructing China’s first large-scale compressed air energy storage (CAES) project using a fully artificial underground cavern, marking a major step in the technology's commercialization.
Vincent Shaw
12 hours ago
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Germany’s Heckert Solar launches C&I energy storage brand Commercial and industrial (C&I) battery energy storage systems (BESS) will be sold at the same location as photovoltaic company Heckert Solar, under the same management.
Jochen Siemer
13 hours ago
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Spain’s Endurance Motive presents 5 MWh battery The product, designed for hybrid and standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, will be displayed at the Key Energy Rimini 2025 event, in Italy, and at Genera, in Madrid.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
10 hours ago
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Australian redox flow battery maker Allegro secures fresh cash to scale to mass production The New South Wales (NSW)-based startup wants to enter mass production with products featuring a microemulsion electrolyte made of cheap, easily available and recyclable, non-toxic, and non-flammable materials.
Max Hall
10 hours ago
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Go with the flow (batteries) There is a gap in the market for long-duration energy storage (LDES), according to US-based manufacturer ESS Inc. – one which can’t be plugged with lithium-ion chemistry. Hugh McDermott, of ESS Inc. tells pv magazine how he thinks iron flow batteries fit into the energy system of the future, as the company pursues global expansion.
Matthew Lynas
17 hours ago
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ABB recruited to maximize Sage Geosystems’ geothermal heat energy storage sites Texan company Sage has signed up to supply Facebook parent Meta with 150 MW of its Geopressured Geothermal Systems (GGS) and the first stage of the deal is due in 2027.
Max Hall
Feb 13, 2025
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Minister: Behind-the-meter storage eligible for Spanish grid capacity mechanism There was only one policy announcement of note, in the face of numerous industry demands, at Spain's third Green Hydrogen and Storage Summit, organized by the Spanish Solar Photovoltaic Association (UNEF) in Madrid this week.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
Feb 13, 2025

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Austria commissions its largest battery storage facility The storage facility featuring six Megapack 2XL systems from Tesla was built over a seven-month period in the vicinity of a wood gas generator and a solar farm. The project has a power output of 12 MW and storage capacity of 24 MWh.
Jochen Siemer
Feb 10, 2025
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UK developer secures 400 MW of battery storage approvals in single day Three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, at 200 MW, 100 MW, and 100 MW, were approved in a day for developer Firstway Energy
Tristan Rayner
Feb 07, 2025
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Moss Landing fire leads to emergency regulations Following the Moss Landing fire in Monterey County, local Californian counties are enacting urgency regulations for battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Tristan Rayner
Feb 07, 2025
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Enel switches on a 104 MW battery at solar-plus-storage site in Texas Enel North America has switched on the 'Estonian' facility in Texas, a 202 MW solar PV installation with 104 MW battery energy storage system (BESS)
Tristan Rayner
Feb 07, 2025
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US energy storage thrives amid political, market uncertainty A recent webinar by Vermont-based nonprofit the Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) highlighted how the investment tax credit (ITC) for standalone energy storage, granted under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), has supercharged growth.
Phoebe Skok
Feb 07, 2025
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Amp financial close on South Australian battery Canadian developer Amp Energy has achieved financial close on the first stage of its 250 MW/500 MWh Bungama battery energy storage system (BESS) and 339 MW (DC) solar project, under construction near Port Pirie.
David Carroll
Feb 07, 2025
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First four-hour battery storage in the Netherlands goes live Rotterdam-based S4 Energy is now operating 10 MW / 40 MWh Tesla Megapack battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Netherlands.
Tristan Rayner
Feb 06, 2025
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Germany’s Tesvolt begins energy trading from pooled commercial batteries The Tesvolt Energy subsidiary will work with algorithm traders Enspired, Entrix, and The Mobility House to use pooled 100 kWh-plus battery units for energy trading.
Sandra Enkhardt
Feb 06, 2025
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Finnish-made 10 MWh BESS sets speed record: Six months from start to operation A 10 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) is online in Finland, with a high domestic content of hardware and software from Finnish company Cactos
Tristan Rayner
Feb 06, 2025

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