A total of 5.2GW/13.8GWh of grid-scale BESS capacity came online in January 2025, of which over two thirds was in China.

Fluence has launched a new AC-based modular battery storage platform for delivery in the fourth quarter of this year.

The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Sun Tribe and ENGIE will deploy a solar and battery storage portfolio at former coal mine sites in the Appalachians, US.

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has been tapped by Victoria’s State Electricity Commission (SEC) to deliver a 100MW/200MWh government-owned battery energy storage system (BESS) in Australia.

Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has said that energy storage saw a strong year in 2024 with a capacity of 4,029MW/11,348MWh having reached financial commitment.

Energy storage developer-owner BW ESS has entered its fifth international market, partnering with developer MIRAI Power in Germany.

Energy storage optimisation specialist Habitat Energy has signed an agreement with Octopus Energy US to optimise a 50MW/100MWh tolled battery energy storge system (BESS) in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.

A roundup of recent BESS development planning consent news in the Great Britain (GB) market this week, from the pages of our sister site Solar Power Portal.

Wind developer WestWind Energy has signed a lease agreement with Australia’s New South Wales government for the development of a 1,500MWh wind-plus-storage site in the south-west of the state.

ACE Power has submitted a 500MW BESS in Queensland to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.