The UK market saw strong interest and activity in 2025 but now appears to be shifting from a development market to one focused on execution, writes Solar Media analyst Charlotte Gisbourne.

DNV has forecast that the MENA region will add 860GW of new solar PV by 2040, and energy storage capacity will grow 10x by 2030.

The UK grid-scale battery storage market grew 45% in 2025, with 4GWh coming online during the year, bringing total operational capacity to 12.9GWh.

UK BESS projects totalling nearly 4GWh awarded planning consent in October, there is now nearly 22GWh under construction.

China has published a national plan to promote large-scale energy storage facilities, encouraging investment and broader participation in the electricity market.

China continued to drive global grid-scale BESS commissioning activity in July, as the technology approaches the global installed gigawatt (GW) capacity of pumped hydro.

India Energy Storage Alliance president Debmalya Sen takes a comprehensive look at national and regional efforts to promote and deploy much-needed energy storage capacity.

A total of 10.9GWh of grid-scale BESS entered commercial operations in March, up 29% year-on-year and 3% month-on-month. 

The US energy storage industry saw its highest-ever first-quarter deployment figures in 2024, with 1,265MW/3,152MWh of additions.

Developers in the US plan to install 15GW of new utility-scale battery storage, adding to about 16GW of storage installed so far, according to government statistics.