As we welcome the end of another year and greet the next, here are the top 10 most-read news stories from 2025.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has agreed on BESS and hybrid solar developments with the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

The 2GWh Kidston Pumped Hydro Project has been registered in the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) Market Management System (MMS).

WaterNSW, the state-owned water supplier to New South Wales, Australia, has selected three dams as suitable sites for pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) developments.

The Queensland government has invested AU$48 million to overhaul the ageing 5.7GWh Wivenhoe Pumped Hydro Power Station in Australia.

“The industry has to continue to be aggressive,” says Luigi Resta, president of US renewable energy and energy storage developer rPlus Energies, on the US remaining a competitive market for energy storage.

Consumers Energy and DTE Energy’s case against contractor TAES over work on a pumped hydro energy storage plant will go to court.

European Commission funding is supporting a project to integrate battery storage at a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Slovakia.

Major US utility company Duke Energy has submitted its final license application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend operation at the Bad Creek Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Station for an additional 50 years.

India’s ambitious drive for renewable energy has accelerated the need for energy storage, but there are many factors to success, writes Charith Konda of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).