GE Hydro Solutions has installed the final of four 300MW turbines at a pumped hydro energy storage plant in Anhui Province, China.

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has outlined new draft market rules and policies for energy storage, a month after the country allowed 100% foreign ownership of renewable energy assets.

rPlus Energies has submitted a Final License Application for a 900MW/9GWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Wyoming, a milestone reached by only six projects in the past 20 years.

Construction on a 550MW/6GWh pumped hydro energy storage project in Estonia will begin in summer 2024 after it was given the green light by regulators.

New South Wales has pledged financial support to pumped hydro project, while state’s first grid-scale BESS is in full commercial operations.

Greenko will provide 1,500MWh pumped hydro energy storage in India to back Serentica Renewables’ round-the-clock renewable energy offering.

A €600,000 grant from Enterprise Estonia and KredEx has been given to a pumped hydro energy storage project in the Baltic state.

Tunisian utility STEG is planning to build a 400-600MW pumped hydro energy storage plant, for a 2029 commissioning date.

Asset manager Foresight Group has invested in a co-located 1.6GWh pumped hydro energy storage and wind project in Scotland.

Renewable developer Scatec and energy group EDF have signed a binding agreement with the government of Malawi to develop a hydropower plant with 309MW/7,000MWh of pumped hydro energy storage.