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Over 3GWh of BESS approved in UK in March

April 3, 2025
The UK saw 1,590MW/3,179MWh of grid-scale BESS projects approved last month, bringing the total approved projects to around 55.4GW/117GWh.
Anthony Albanese (pictured) and the Labor Party have taken on board the need for storage in making clean energy dispatchable, Dr Bruce Mountain said. Image: Anthony Albanese's office via Twitter.

Australia’s federal election: a shift in policy could cause ‘chaos and delay’

April 3, 2025
With Australia’s federal election set for 3 May 2025, Energy-Storage.news delves into how energy storage could be impacted.
Rendering of the 250MW/1,000MWh Oneida BESS, which is nearing completion. Image: NRStor.

Ontario IESO: ‘Considerable amount’ of battery storage will help meet Canadian province’s rising energy demand

April 2, 2025
Ontario’s electricity system will be able to handle rising demand, thanks in part to new battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Dry Bridge, a 20MW/80MWh BESS project which East Point Energy developed and brought into operation in 2023, on behalf of utility Dominion Energy which bought the project two years prior to that and before Equinor's acquisition of the developer. Image: East Point Energy.
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East Point withdraws 116MW BESS project in Upstate New York after town bans utility-scale storage

April 2, 2025
Equinor-owned East Point Energy has officially withdrawn plans to construct a 116MW standalone BESS in New York State.
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) India seeks projects with a 2:1 ratio of solar PV output to energy storage capacity in megawatts, with 4-hour duration storage capacity. Image: NHPC.

NHPC India solar-plus-storage tender seeks 1.2GW of PV, 600MW of 4-hour duration storage

April 1, 2025
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.
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First large-scale BESS in Estonia online with LG ES batteries

April 1, 2025
State-owned utility and power generator Eesti Energia has completed and put into commercial operation the first large-scale BESS in Estonia.
Image: Edify Energy.

500MWh solar-plus-storage site fast-tracked for approval in Victoria, Australia

April 1, 2025
Elgin Energy has seen a 330MW solar-plus-storage site featuring a 250MW/500MWh BESS fast-tracked by the Victoria government in Australia.
Image: EASE / LCP Delta.

Europe installed 12GW of energy storage in 2024; EU state aid boost to come

April 1, 2025
A total of 11.9GW of energy storage across all scales and technologies was installed in Europe in 2024, bringing cumulative installations to 89GW.
KCE NY 1, the state's first grid-scale BESS project, went into operation in 2020. As of April last year, around 396MW of BESS was in operation in New York. Image: Key Capture Energy

New York State large-scale energy storage support scheme approved by regulators

March 31, 2025
Regulators earlier this month approved a scheme to support grid-scale energy storage facilities, aligned with New York’s 6GW by 2030 policy target.
Rendering of how the completed project in Kyushu, Japan, may look. Image: IDEX

Sumitomo Electric deploys first vanadium flow battery supported by government scheme in Japan

March 31, 2025
Sumitomo Electric has followed up the US launch of its newest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology, announcing a deal in Japan.

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