Japan’s energy storage market is experiencing a wave of significant growth, as ESN Premium hears from Eku Energy and BloombergNEF.

June 2025 saw a total of 7.96GW/22.17GWh of grid-scale BESS enter commercial operations across 109 projects, with over half of that being in China, while the overall first half of the year saw substantial growth.

Tenders for 171GWh of energy storage capacity have been launched in India, including more than 55GWh in the first half of 2025 alone.

Renewable energy IPP ACME Solar has placed orders with two Chinese system integrators for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in India.

Listing via the Hong Kong Stock Exchange is emerging as a key financing pathway for China’s energy storage players, writes Carrie Xiao.

With further penetration of solar and wind, grid-forming technologies will become an inevitable choice for the global power system.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will loan IR4.6 billion (US$55 million) to infrastructure investor IndiGrid for a standalone battery storage project in Gujarat, India.

PowerChina has begun construction on what is claimed to be the world’s largest generation-side electrochemical energy storage project.

Energy storage is essential to capture solar and wind generation, Karnataka’s energy minister said, at the opening of the ‘first fully automated’ battery storage factory in India.

Japan’s grid-scale battery storage market offers fresh opportunities with “amazing” returns, according to GridBeyond’s market optimisation director.