South Africa continues its push for energy storage capacity, with utility and grid operator Eskom issuing a call to work on a 21GWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project.

South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) has unveiled its KRW1,000 trillion (US$747 billion) Korean Green Transformation (K-GX) industrial strategy.

Gotion High-Tech has been named as the BESS supplier for three projects totalling 6GWh awarded to an ACWA Power consortium in Saudi Arabia.

All BESS and demand response projects selected under ASL’s 2023 firming tender for New South Wales, Australia, are now operational.

Two pilot deployments of sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery storage technologies are currently being solicited in India.

Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved plans to require bidders in a renewable energy auction to include energy storage.

Blueleaf Energy and Universal Peak have closed financing for a 100MW/400MWh battery storage project, which was one of four winning bids in a Malaysian government tender.

CATL has formed a partnership to work on projects awarded contracts through Brazil’s first national energy storage auction programme, which received more than 6,000 bids.

Saudi Arabia’s Principal Buyer of electricity has awarded four service contracts for large-scale battery storage projects to consortia featuring ACWA Power and Engie.

Energy storage deployments in China saw significant year-over-year growth in 2025 as the market size effectively doubled.