BESS technology has won the bulk of new resource contracts in the capacity market (CM) auction for delivery in 2027 in Italy.

US president Donald Trump will enact an additional 10% tariff on goods from China, affecting batteries and BESS, on top of a previously-announced tariff increase set to come in next month.

US branch of PCR S.A. has cleared important hurdle in development of a hybrid solar and BESS project in Sandoval County, New Mexico.

A utility in Dubai, UAE, has launched launched an expressions of interest (EOI) call for a solar and storage project.

The European Union (EU) has launched the Clean Industrial Deal and Affordable Energy Action Plan, which dedicate at least €100 billion towards boosting industry, manufacturing and speeding up the rollout of renewables and energy storage.

BESS deployment data for 2024 and forecasts for 2025 have been released by BloombergNEF and the Energy Information Administration (EIA) respectively.

The Indian Central Electricity Authority has advised state utilities and all renewable energy implementing agencies to co-locate energy storage systems (ESS) with solar PV in future tenders.

As Europe’s BESS industry matures, project owner-operators are taking on more control – and risk – when it comes to procuring technology and services for their projects.

IPP E energija Group has started building what it claims is the largest ‘private’ BESS project in Lithuania, a few weeks after the Baltic region decoupled from Russia’s electricity grid.

Toronto, Ontario-headquartered Hydrostor has received planning approval for a 200MW/1,600MWh advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project in New South Wales, Australia.