South Africa’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy has defended the integrity of its recent battery storage tender from accusations raised by the country’s main opposition party.

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy will host a competitive solicitation for battery storage capacity in two locations.

A total of 26 battery energy storage projects in Japan have been selected for contracts through the Long-Term Decarbonisation Power Source Auction (LTDA) for 2024.

National and regional agencies in India tendered for 9.5GW of utility-scale ESS in Q1 2025, more than two-thirds for standalone systems.

Regulators earlier this month approved a scheme to support grid-scale energy storage facilities, aligned with New York’s 6GW by 2030 policy target.

Zelestra has signed a Firm & Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE) contract in India with public sector corporation SJVN.

Developers entering competitive solicitations for energy storage have been offered advice on how to be successful.

US renewable energy company Ormat Technologies has won a tender for two separate 15-year tolling agreements for two energy storage facilities with a combined capacity of 300MW/1,200MWh.

Industry experts discussed the varying approaches in Europe to procuring energy storage via long-term support schemes on Day One of Solar Media’s Energy Storage Summit 2025 in London, which kicked off today (18 February).

India’s National Thermal Power Corporation has launched a tender for 1,200MW of solar PV with 600MW/2,400MWh of energy storage systems.