The Ministry of the Environment in Poland has shortlisted projects for an energy storage capex support programme totalling 4.15 billion PLN (c.€1 billion), with 183 eligible to progress to the next round.
The energy storage industry is emerging as a high-growth and high-profile sector in the Hong Kong capital market. Over 2025, a number of Chinese energy storage companies, including Sungrow, Hithium, Envision AESC and Sigenergy have submitted plans for a Hong Kong listing, with Guoxia Technology about to complete its listing.
Utility Origin Energy has hired Wärtsilä to expand its battery storage installation at the Eraring coal power plant site in New South Wales, Australia.
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with John Farrell, Co-Director of The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), on rising utility costs and the role energy storage can play.
South Korea’s Samsung SDI has signed its first US lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell deal, while Chinese integrator Trina Storage has expanded an existing supply partnership.
A trio of large-scale BESS announcements by major power firms of 700-800MWh capacity each in Germany show the country’s energy storage market moving into the new era of scale.
The recent introduction of 15-minute settlement periods across European power markets could result in significantly higher profits for battery storage asset operators.
Two major Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region projects combining solar PV and battery storage have progressed in Saudi Arabia and Egypt through ACWA Power and Scatec, respectively.