IPP Sonnedix has put two solar-plus-storage projects into commercial operation in Portugal, coinciding with the government moving to use BESS to strengthen the reliability of its electricity grid.
India’s storage market is expanding, but project delivery depends on predictable procurement, domestic manufacturing and revenue models that support investment.
India has 5.3GWh of operational battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, with a further 185GWh of projects under development, according to Prashant Bhamu, deputy director of integrated resources planning at the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), part of the Ministry of Power.
Faced with unprecedented growth in demand, Singapore’s Energy Market Authority has launched plan that includes a gigawatt-hour energy storage target.
As demand for battery storage soars, the European Union (EU) has tried to grow its local battery supply chain with mixed success so far, writes PV ESS analyst Charlotte Gisbourne.
Two major schemes will drive Southeast Asian country’s deployments but require close examination, writes Flora Zhang, market analyst at Malaysia Energy Storage Association (MESA).