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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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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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Illustration of geomechanical energy storage project
Texas to host 300 MW of geomechanical energy storage projects Quidnet Energy, a provider of geomechanical energy storage (GES) technology, has joined hands with distributed energy resources developer Hunt Energy Network to deliver 300 MW of storage projects in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid operating region.
Marija Maisch
May 30, 2024
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Large energy storage system
Teesworks, NatPower partner on 1 GW battery storage project in UK Teesworks, the operator of the largest industrial zone in the UK, has unveiled plans for the deployment of a 1,000 MW/4,000 MWh battery energy storage system in partnership with renewables developer NatPower SA.
Marija Maisch
May 30, 2024
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Aerial view of planned pumped hydro project
Evolution pushes ahead with 20 GWh pump hydro project Australian miner Evolution Mining is moving on a $7 billion plan to build a 2 GW / 20 GWh pumped hydro electricity generation facility in the pit of a 20-year-old gold mine in southeast Queensland.
David Carroll
May 30, 2024
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Solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan to build its first big battery Nur Bukhara Solar PV LLC FE, a project company owned by Masdar, will deliver a 63 MW battery energy storage system alongside a 250 MW solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan.
Patrick Jowett
May 29, 2024
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Workers installing battery
Network of 35 neighbourhood batteries taking shape in Australia Queensland government-owned energy company Energex is pushing ahead with the deployment of up to 35 pole- and ground-mounted community batteries in the city of Ipswich as it explores how to best store and reuse solar energy from the state’s approximately 1 million rooftop solar systems.
Ev Foley
May 29, 2024
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RWE limondale solar farm
RWE to build Australia’s first eight-hour battery German energy giant RWE has announced its investment decision to build a 50 MW/400 MWh battery project in New South Wales (NSW). Tesla will supply its Megapack batteries for the project with commissioning planned for late 2025.
Marija Maisch
May 28, 2024
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Sonnen battery
California is now a batteries-based rooftop solar market About 60% of energy customers in California have included battery energy storage with their rooftop solar installations. However, a “sustained downturn” is expected for the market.
Ryan Kennedy
May 24, 2024
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Gravity storage
Enel, Energy Vault build 18 MW/36 MWh of US gravity storage Energy Vault and Enel have revealed plans to build 18 MW/36 MWh of gravity storage in the United States. They say that the project will be the first large-scale gravity energy storage in a Western country.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 24, 2024
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Darling downs power station
Origin Energy unveils plans for 2 GWh battery in Australia Australian energy giant Origin Energy has revealed plans to build what could be the biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Queensland, as it continues the expansion of its renewable energy generation and storage portfolio.
David Carroll
May 21, 2024

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