Two major schemes will drive Southeast Asian country’s deployments but require close examination, writes Flora Zhang, market analyst at Malaysia Energy Storage Association (MESA).

Europe is no longer betting on second-life repurposing of EV batteries for stationary BESS applications, and that is not a bad thing, argues David Oudsandji, CEO of Voltfang.

ACE and the IEA say the main obstacles to battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment in Southeast Asia are policy and market rules.

A US Senate bill proposing to speed up permitting for energy projects has received a mixed response from clean energy industry and advocacy groups.

Debmalya Sen, president of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), on a dynamic market landscape of tenders, tariffs and the race to build a domestic battery storage ecosystem.

Spain’s recent proposal for data centres could be the catalyst the country’s energy storage market has been waiting for, argues Ignacio López Martín from developer Capflex Energía.

India’s Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has proposed new grid-operating requirements for standalone energy storage systems.

At last week’s Battery & Energy Tech Expo in Barcelona, Spain, panellists highlighted some of the challenges that companies are facing for a faster deployment of BESS.

Hanoi Power Corporation (EVNHANOI) has begun pilot operation of five battery energy storage systems at substations in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Electricity sector regulations in Thailand require significant reforms to support the use of energy storage as a critical tool for renewable energy integration.