India’s first commercial regulated utility-scale battery storage project has gone into operation, and a new partnership claims it will establish local manufacturing in the country this year.

State-owned company WaterNSW has confirmed it is exploring opportunities to implement pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) across 41 of its dams in New South Wales, Australia.

Anthony Albanese, leader of the Australian Labor Party, has pledged to introduce an AU$2.3 billion battery subsidy scheme if re-elected.

Queensland achieved a new battery discharge record on 30 March 2025, with a maximum instantaneous battery discharge of 474.1MW at 17:55.

Donald Trump has announced his sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ global tariffs, with another new China tariff resulting in an effective doubling of the price of batteries and BESS imported from there to the US.

With Australia’s federal election set for 3 May 2025, Energy-Storage.news delves into how energy storage could be impacted.

A 200MW/400MWh BESS project in China combining lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries has been put into operation.

ESN Premium hears from Tom Best, COO at Eku Energy, what it takes to comply with Australia’s Generator Performance Standards.

Charlotte Gisbourne, market analyst at PV Tech Research discusses trends and movements in the Q1 2025 edition of the EnergyStorageTech Bankability Ratings report.

NHPC India has launched a tender for solar-plus-storage, aiming to secure 1.2GW of solar PV capacity alongside 600MW/2,400MWh of storage.