Chile is having a great 2025 for deployments, with 5GWh online so far. Announced by Innergex on 3 May, the...
INDIA Roundup: ACME Solar, IndiGrid commission Rajasthan & Gujarat BESS projects, GE Vernova wins pumped hydro contract
The announcement was followed a week later by notification to the exchanges that another subsidiary, ACME Surya Power, had commissioned...
Akaysha Energy bags EPBC Act approval for 1,600MWh battery storage system in Victoria, Australia
Akaysha Energy’s 298MWh Ulinda Park BESS. Image: Akaysha Energy. Developer Akaysha Energy has received federal environmental clearance for its 400MW/1,600MWh...
Battery Breakthrough Initiative hit as Australia cuts AU$1.3 billion in clean energy funding
The budget papers describe the move as part of “sensible and responsible savings” aimed at containing cost pressures while safeguarding...
Galileo CEO on ‘completely different’ development market, meeting PPA demand and where in Europe it will transact next
Market for in-development projects ‘completely different’ now However, there is also a wider industry trend of early-stage project development becoming...
US ROUNDUP: BESS project updates from Spearmint, Polaris, and Clearway in Texas, Puerto Rico and Utah
PowerTitan 2.0 integrates a 5MWh battery with a 2.5MW power conversion system (PCS) into a standard 20-foot container. In June...
IRENA: Renewables with storage cost-competitive with fossil fuels for round-the-clock power
In high-quality solar resource regions, co-located solar PV and storage systems are already capable of delivering firm electricity at costs...
South Africa’s Eskom enlists Energy Vault for gravity energy storage technology
The company’s first operational gravity energy storage system is in Rudong, China. Three more are under construction, including this one...
Japan’s Softbank launches ‘end-to-end’ non-lithium battery cell and BESS manufacturing business
Parent company Softbank Group, which reported JPY7.8 trillion (US$49.4 billion) in income for its 2025 financial year ending 31 March...
British ‘Super Battery’ can be key to future energy storage
A major new long-duration energy storage project in East Sussex is set to strengthen Britain’s renewable energy capacity, while reducing...