The Virginia General Assembly has passed legislation to promote new energy storage investments by the US state’s two main utilities.

The Indian Central Electricity Authority has advised state utilities and all renewable energy implementing agencies to co-locate energy storage systems (ESS) with solar PV in future tenders.

Egypt’s government has signed contracts with developer AMEA Power for two large-scale battery energy storage projects, the country’s first.

California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has commenced the permitting process for a 265MWh hybrid solar and BESS project.

Essential Energy, a state-owned electricity infrastructure company, has switched on three community batteries in the New South Wales towns of Maloneys Beach, Leeton and Goulburn in Australia.

A trio of European BESS announcements, with Merus Power securing an order in Finland and IPPs Metlen and Aquila Clean Energy EMEA winning government financial support for projects in Italy and Portugal respectively.

Our coverage of the Energy Storage Summit EU 2025, Europe’s biggest industry conference, continues with Day 2.

The investment manager at pension fund Railpen has downplayed the impact to date of trade disputes on the battery storage industry.

Battery Council International (BCI) is asking congress to defend domestic battery supply chains. BCI published a briefing for legislators outlining steps to “create jobs, support domestic battery manufacturers and defend the US economy from unfair foreign competition.”

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