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‘Africa’s largest standalone BESS’ reaches commercial close in South Africa

June 30, 2025
Globeleq and African Rainbow Energy have reached commercial close on the 612MWh Red Sands BESS in South Africa.
Chhattisgarh, India. One of the country's first large-scale solar-plus-storage sites, inaugurated in February 2024 with SECI playing an instrumental role. Image: Press Information Bureau of India (PIB).

India: SECI launches major Solar+BESS tender, CEA issues BESS safety regulations

June 24, 2025
India’s renewable energy-adjacent battery storage sector rolls on, with new procurement and regulatory moves from SECI and CEA.
Rajasthan energy minister Heeralal Nagar visited solar PV projects in the state this week, including projects installed under a scheme to promote solar for farming communities. Image: Energy RRVUN / Government of Rajasthan (cropped to fit page format by Andy Colthorpe)

Rajasthan’s regulator approves ‘lowest tariff rate in India’ for standalone battery storage

June 19, 2025
The electricity regulator for Rajasthan, India, has approved the lowest tariff rate for a battery storage tender in the country so far.
Fluence has delivered nearly 600MW of BESS in the Philippines to date, including this project for SMC Global Power. Image: Fluence.

Philippines DOE opens 10GW GEA-4 renewables-plus-storage auction for registration

June 18, 2025
The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) officially opened its hugely anticipated fourth Green Energy Auction (GEA-4) round to registrants earlier this week.
South Africa electricity and energy minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa stands before microphones at a press conference announcing the bid window results.

South Africa’s government defends integrity of BESS tender after opposition party accusations

June 5, 2025
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.
Electric utility Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) inaugurated a 978MW portfolio of battery storage systems with the participation of 14 companies, in September last year near Miryang City. Image: KEPCO

South Korea: Government tenders central contracts for 540MW/3,240MWh BESS

May 22, 2025
South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy will host a competitive solicitation for battery storage capacity in two locations.
Rendering of Eku Energy's 150MW/600MWh Eshi BESS project in Okayama, Japan. Image: Eku Energy

Japan: 1.3GW of battery storage contract awards in LTDA capacity auction

April 30, 2025
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.
The amount tendered in Q1 2025 has already surpassed the 2024 total. Image: JMK Research and Analysis

India’s utility-scale standalone energy storage market at ‘critical inflection point’

April 29, 2025
National and regional agencies in India tendered for 9.5GW of utility-scale ESS in Q1 2025, more than two-thirds for standalone systems.
KCE NY 1, the state's first grid-scale BESS project, went into operation in 2020. As of April last year, around 396MW of BESS was in operation in New York. Image: Key Capture Energy

New York State large-scale energy storage support scheme approved by regulators

March 31, 2025
Regulators earlier this month approved a scheme to support grid-scale energy storage facilities, aligned with New York’s 6GW by 2030 policy target.
Signing of the PPA between Zelestra and SVJN. Image: Businesswire.

Spain’s Zelestra signs contract in India for ‘transformational’ 24/7 renewable energy project

March 21, 2025
Zelestra has signed a Firm & Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE) contract in India with public sector corporation SJVN.

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