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Power generation firm Hidroelectrica has enlisted local firms Prime Batteries Technology and Enevo to deploy a large-scale BESS project in Romania.

State-owned utility and power generation firm NEK is deploying BESS at its hydropower plants across Bulgaria.

US outgoing President Joe Biden has signed a bi-partisan bill into law allowing Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP) to move forward with a pumped hydro energy storage project.

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment for a loan of up to US$2.5 billion to Wisconsin Electric Power Company (WEPCO).

Energy firm EnBW has been given the go-ahead to start work on a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Germany.

The government of New Zealand considering viability of pumped hydro among its options to plug energy deficits of between 3TWh and 5TWh.

Norwegian lithium-ion gigafactory startup FREYR Battery has signed a binding agreement with renewable energy group Statkraft covering 2024-31 for its first two gigafactories.

Philippines’ investor-owned utility AboitizPower and Norwegian renewables group Scatec have signed a EPC agreement with Hitachi Energy for it to build a 20MW/20MWh battery storage system, set to go online in 2024.

As energy system modernisation and decarbonisation progresses, energy storage could represent between 10% and 25% of India’s total installed power capacity by 2050, while other countries in South Asia including Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan also have “significant opportunities” for energy storage.