Agreements to progress projects that include energy storage signed by Voltalia during Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Uzbekistan.

South Korea last week launched a competitive solicitation for large-scale energy storage systems on Jeju Island, a southern province of the country.

Key contracts have been awarded in Queensland, Australia, to work on what would be the world’s largest pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant.

Masdar has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with the Uzbekistan government to develop more than 2GW of solar and wind projects.

The first contract awards for Ontario’s expedited procurement have been announced, in which 739MW of battery storage bids were successful.

All 192 of the 3.5-tonne batteries at the first large-scale battery storage system (BESS) in the Northern Territory have been installed.

RWE has been awarded a long-term contract for a 50MW/400+MWh battery storage project in New South Wales, Australia.

Singapore has surpassed its 2025 energy storage deployment target, with the official opening of Southeast Asia’s biggest BESS.

Australia and New York are two very different places but both are likely to soon see their first government-backed tenders in which grid-scale energy storage can compete.