Subscribe To Premium
Premium Subscription

Asia & Oceania

alok-sharma-niti-aayog-suman-bery-via-twitter

India adds Energy Storage Obligation policy to renewable energy purchase scheme

July 26, 2022
India’s government has added an Energy Storage Obligation alongside its Renewable Purchase Obligation for the first time.
Major BESS projects internationally, including the Victorian Big Battery in Australia (pictured) and Zenobe's upcoming project in Scotland are providing inertia via their inverters. Image: Victoria State government.

Australian Capital Territory government ‘invests’ in 250MW battery project

July 25, 2022
The state government of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will pledge funding towards a BESS rollout.
Detail of cell stacks at the completed demonstration system at VRB Energy's project in Hubei Province. Image: VRB Energy.

First phase of 800MWh world biggest flow battery commissioned in China

July 21, 2022
Commissioning has taken place of a 100MW/400MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system in Dalian, China.
Venture capital funding into energy storage has decreased while debt and public financing become increasingly prevalent. Image: Solar Media from Mercom Capital data.

Mercom: Energy storage corporate funding for first half of 2022 nearly equals 2021 total

July 21, 2022
In the first half of this year, energy storage companies raised almost as much corporate funding as in the whole of 2021.
Hero Future Energies hosting an India Republic Day celebration at one of its solar PV plants earlier this year. Image: Hero Future Energies via Twitter.

Tender for 10MW of battery storage won by Hero Future Energies in Kerala, India

July 20, 2022
Hero Future Energies has won a tender to construct grid-scale battery storage in the Indian state of Kerala.
Rendering of a battery storage project in development by Orix, winner of the auction's single biggest contract for a BESS bidding unit. Image: Orix.

Financial services group Orix, utility Kansai Electric construct 113MWh battery storage system in western Japan

July 19, 2022
Japanese financial services group Orix and regional utility company Kansai Electric building large-scale battery storage system.
prima infrastructrure

Billionaire’s infrastructure firm in lead to provide 500MW pumped hydro plant in Philippines

July 18, 2022
Prime Infrastructure Capital, owned by Filipino businessman Enrique K Razon, is in line to provide 500MW of pumped hydro power to national utility Meralco.
Squadron Energy executives and staff join members of the Barada Kabalbara Yetimarala community - traditional custodians of the land - in a groundbreaking ceremony. Image: Squadron Energy.

Hybrid wind-solar-battery renewable power plants progress in Australia and the UK

July 14, 2022
Construction has begun on a large-scale hybrid renewable energy project combining wind, solar PV and energy storage in Australia.
A container ship at PAsir Panjang Terminal, Singapore. Image: wikimedia user Wzhkevin.

Singapore container port uses 2MWh battery system to increase energy efficiency

July 14, 2022
Battery system has been installed as part of a project to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions from Singapore’s seaports.
AGL's 53MW solar PV plant at Broken Hill. Image: AGL Energy.

Australian superannuation fund invests in pumped hydro and flow battery project company

July 12, 2022
Aware Super has identified a “significant strategic opportunity” to invest in an energy storage project developer.

Email Newsletter

Most Popular

Zinc battery storage player Eos Energy receives US$22.7 million from US DOE loan

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

Premium

FlexGen steps into Powin bankruptcy proceedings as stalking horse bidder

Recurrent Energy’s 1,200MWh Arizona BESS reaches commercial operation

US renewables and battery storage developers Avantus, Arevon, and Clearway secure financing

Vitis Energy and Enertis Applus+ advance Texas BESS projects

Upcoming Events

The US Budget Bill: Implications for Energy Storage Markets & Manufacturing

July 29
 - July 29
, 2025
9am PST / 5pm bst

Battery Asset Management Summit Australia

August 26
 - August 27
, 2025
Sydney, Australia

Large Scale Solar Southern Europe 2025

September 16
 - September 17
, 2025
Athens, Greece

EU PVSEC 2025

September 22
 - September 26
, 2025
Bilbao, Spain

Energy Storage Summit Central Eastern Europe 2025

September 23
 - September 24
, 2025
Warsaw, Poland

Green Hydrogen Summit USA 2025

September 30
 - October 1
, 2025
Seattle, USA
Energy-Storage.News is part of the Informa Markets Division of Informa PLC
This site is operated by a business or businesses owned by Informa PLC and all copyright resides with them. Informa PLC's registered office is 5 Howick Place, London SW1P 1WG. Registered in England and Wales. Number 8860726.
Copyright © 2025. All rights reserved. Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC.