The government of South Africa has revealed the preferred bidders in the third window of its Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Procurement Programme (BESIPPPP), with IPPs Mulilo and Scatec winning the projects.

Matthew Biss looks at how energy storage companies plan and mitigate tariff and tax credit risks within an uncertain policy landscape.

Energy tax credits “drive innovation, strengthen our economy, and create real opportunity,” according to US Republican Senator John Curtis.

The US state of Massachusetts has taken steps to further its goal of procuring 5,000MW of energy storage by 2030.

A c.500MWh BESS project in Bulgaria has been inaugurated, claimed as the largest in the European Union (EU).

Even during times of turmoil for the US renewable energy industry, IPPs are continuing to secure long-term offtake agreements in California.

Sungrow and Globeleq are negotiating a deal to supply equipment for a 612MWh government tender-winning battery storage project in South Africa.  

Italy and Spain are set to soar as energy storage markets with multiple gigawatt-hours under construction and much more in the pipeline, but there are questions around the regulatory frameworks driving deployments in each country.

OX2’s 270MWh Muswellbrook solar-plus-storage site has been approved by the NSW Independent Planning Commission, subject to conditions.

The Queensland government has continued its hard stance on renewables and energy storage by revoking permission to build a 450MW wind-plus-storage facility.