There’s been a flurry of project completions across Europe this past week, with projects completed in Germany, Estonia, Belgium, Denmark and Bulgaria by RheinEnergie/SMA, BSP, BStor, European Energy and Sunotec respectively, totalling nearly 700MWh of capacity.

Gloucester Coa has received planning approval from the New South Wales government for the 3.6GWh Stratford Pumped Hydro and Solar project.

Australian transmission operator Transgrid has opened a pathway for 900MW of grid-forming inverter-equipped battery storage to contribute to New South Wales’ minimum system strength requirements.

Avantus, with Fluence, is progressing on two solar-plus-battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in California, US.

Some 9.1GW/33.5GWh of large-scale BESS came online globally last month, with Saudi Arabia accounting for over one-third of the figure.

Energy companies are accelerating battery storage deployment in Germany, with TotalEnergies and Kyon, Envision Energy and Ju:niz, and Flower announcing significant project developments and acquisitions.

Australia’s federal government has added 11 new generation and energy storage projects to its National Renewable Energy Priority List.

Australia’s CSIRO has revised pumped hydro storage costs upward in the final version of its annual GenCost electricity cost report.

Owner-operator Giga Storage has secured a €450 million (US$512 million) financing package for its 700MW/2,800MWh Green Turtle BESS project in Belgium.

According to Lazard’s annual benchmarking report, the levelised cost of storage (LCOS) of utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the US has risen, reversing declines reported in the 2025 edition.