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Battery Storage Europe Platform launched last week with a call to 10X BESS installations by 2030. Image: SolarPower Europe

EU needs 500GWh-780GWh of BESS to meet 2030 renewables targets, SolarPower Europe says

July 7, 2025
EU will not meet its 2030 clean energy targets unless cumulative battery storage deployments rapidly accelerate, SolarPower Europe has said.
Groundbreaking ceremony at the West Java plant. Images: CATL.

CATL begins US$6 billion ‘complete value chain’ battery integration project in Indonesia

July 7, 2025
A subsidiary of CATL and local partners have begun construction on a battery manufacturing complex in West Java, Indonesia.
IndiGrid's operational portfolio includes transmission (pictured) and solar PV, while the company recently brought online its first grid-scale BESS. Image: IndiGrid via X.

World Bank’s IFC commits financing to KKR-backed investor’s 360MWh battery storage project in Gujarat, India

July 4, 2025
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will loan IR4.6 billion (US$55 million) to infrastructure investor IndiGrid for a standalone battery storage project in Gujarat, India.
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Where is alpha? Market trends in ERCOT and CAISO impacting battery storage revenues

July 3, 2025
Evolving market dynamics in ERCOT and CAISO, the two leading US electricity markets for battery storage, call for smart optimisation strategies, write Ali Karimian and Alden Phinney of GridBeyond.
Rendering of the 6GWh LFP battery storage project in Ulanqab, central Inner Mongolia, China. Image: PowerChina.

PowerChina begins construction of ‘world’s largest generation-side’ battery storage project

July 3, 2025
PowerChina has begun construction on what is claimed to be the world’s largest generation-side electrochemical energy storage project.
FlexGen's exhibition stand at the RE+ trade show in Anaheim, California, September 2024. Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media
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FlexGen steps into Powin bankruptcy proceedings as stalking horse bidder

July 3, 2025
FlexGen Power Systems (FlexGen) has bid to take over rival US system integrator Powin during the latter’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
Redwood says that it receives over 20GWh of batteries annually, representing about 90% of all lithium-ion batteries and battery materials recycled in North America, equivalent to 250,000 EVs. Image: Redwood Materials.

Recycler Redwood builds 63MWh second-life EV battery microgrid for AI data centre

July 2, 2025
Ex-Tesla CTO’s battery recycling and materials company Redwood Materials has launched a new business unit to repurpose second-life EV batteries for energy storage.
A turbine at an Ignitis Group onshore wind power plant. Image: Ignitis Group

Lithuania: Ignitis Group invests €130 million in large-scale BESS portfolio

July 2, 2025
Utility Ignitis Group has taken a final investment decision (FID) on three large-scale battery storage projects in Lithuania.
Robotic manufacturing lines at Northvolt Dwa in Gdansk, Poland. Image: Lyten / Businesswire

Northvolt BESS factory in Poland to ‘restart production immediately’ under new ownership

July 2, 2025
A lithium-sulfur battery startup has purchased Northvolt’s battery storage system factory in Poland and intends to reopen it immediately.
AES Indiana's 200MW/800MWh Pike County Energy Storage project made a significant contribution to the state's strong Q1 numbers. Image: AES Indiana

US grid-scale BESS market could shrink by almost a third in 2026, Wood Mackenzie says

July 1, 2025
US battery storage deployments could fall by 29% in 2026 due to ongoing policy uncertainty, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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