This special Japanese market roundup covers large-scale BESS project announcements from PowerX, Eku Energy and SMFL.

The German network regulator’s decision to maintain grid fee exemptions for battery storage “ensures that billions in private investment remain directed” into the market, Energy-Storage.news has heard.

We hear from Clean Horizon about the consultancy’s European battery storage revenue index being added to Nord Pool’s Data Portal.

LG Energy Solution’s US battery storage system integrator arm has signed a 1.5GW/6GWh deal with Michigan utility DTE Energy.

Chinese system integrator HyperStrong has been contracted to work on a 100MW/440MWh battery storage project in Malaysia.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a 400MW/3,200MWh grid-scale battery storage project through the state planning agency’s Opt-In Certification Program.

Adani Green Energy has commissioned over 3GWh of battery storage at the world’s largest single-location renewable energy project, in Khavda, Gujarat. 

India is seeing its first major grid-scale battery storage deployments, but efforts to domesticate the upstream supply chain are still at an early stage.

Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPCL) is holding a competitive solicitation for a large-scale vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage project in western India.

The transition to new energy technologies, including grid-scale and vehicle batteries, can help fossil-fuel-dependent countries improve their energy security.