NHOA has been selected to deliver a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) which will play into Italy’s capacity market.

The CEE energy storage market holds much promise but grants and subsidies might be needed to get it off the ground.

The Poland arm of UK-based developer Harmony Energy is looking to bid in around 500MW of battery storage projects into the upcoming capacity market auction, executive director Michał Maćkowiak said.

Inverter and BESS company Sungrow will supply a 60MW/132MWh system for an operational PV plant in Chile.

Enel Green Power Chile has started construction on a solar-plus-storage project with a 67MW battery energy storage system (BESS).

Around 16GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects got preliminary registration for this year’s capacity market auction in Poland, developer Hynfra told Energy-Storage.news.

Construction is set to begin on a battery storage project in Japan through JV involving CATL with utility Shikoku Electric Power.

NGK Insulators will supply a sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery storage system to a project for utility Sala Energy in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture.

The backing of new Electricity Market Design proposals by the European Parliament is welcome, but the plan still falls short in its support for energy storage technologies.

In June, Japanese renewable energy developer Pacifico Energy made the first trades from BESS assets in the country’s power markets.