Projects & Applications
Project Applications ESS News
Project Applications ESS News

The global pipeline of energy storage projects is growing rapidly across a variety of market segments, including distributed, grid-scale, off-grid and second-life projects.

From increasing solar self-consumption, reducing consumption peaks, providing flexibility to the electricity system, to deferring costly investments in transmission and distribution infrastructure, the range of applications which energy storage devices can provide is constantly evolving.

To build a robust business case, however, most storage facilities need to provide several services.

Advertisement

Latest News

View article
Polat Energy, Rolls Royce join hands on Turkey’s largest battery energy storage project The 132 MWh battery energy storage project will be collocated with an operating wind farm.
Marija Maisch
3 hours ago
View article
Zen Energy, HDRE target 1 GW Australian energy storage The scope of Zen Energy's new collaboration with Taiwan's HD Renewable Energy has expanded with a joint venture (JV) targeting 1 GW of energy storage and 400 MW of solar in Australia.
David Carroll
4 hours ago
View article
How Brazil’s first capacity reserve auction of 2025 could impact battery demand Changes to Brazil's first capacity reserve auction of 2025 could undermine the expansion of the procurement regime to include battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the second exercise of the year, according to Markus Vlasits, chairman of Brazil's energy storage trade body.
Livia Neves
2 hours ago
View article
Researchers in Spain test energy-community and battery storage electricity market model The academics have proposed a distributed-asset network model including energy communities and battery energy storage systems (BESS) which would exclude expensive facilities from participation.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
6 hours ago
View article
German transmission companies had connection requests for 226 GW of big batteries at turn of year Many requests may be duplicates and most relate to early stage projects but electricity distribution system operator (DSO) E.On alone was sitting on applications for almost 100 GW of sites.
Sandra Enkhardt
Jan 14, 2025
View article
Masdar, EWEC announce 5 GW/19 GWh solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi Masdar and Emirates Water and Electricity Co. (EWEC) plan to build a $6 billion, 5 GW/19 GWh solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, with operations set to start by 2027.
Blathnaid O’Dea
Jan 14, 2025
View article
Greece launches C&I battery storage subsidy program With a budget of EUR 153.7 million ($157.7 million), the Storage Systems in Businesses program of the Ministry of Environment and Energy opened on Monday for submission of applications.
Marija Maisch
Jan 14, 2025

All Projects & Applications news

View article
Large energy storage system
Teesworks, NatPower partner on 1 GW battery storage project in UK Teesworks, the operator of the largest industrial zone in the UK, has unveiled plans for the deployment of a 1,000 MW/4,000 MWh battery energy storage system in partnership with renewables developer NatPower SA.
Marija Maisch
May 30, 2024
View article
Aerial view of planned pumped hydro project
Evolution pushes ahead with 20 GWh pump hydro project Australian miner Evolution Mining is moving on a $7 billion plan to build a 2 GW / 20 GWh pumped hydro electricity generation facility in the pit of a 20-year-old gold mine in southeast Queensland.
David Carroll
May 30, 2024
View article
Solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan to build its first big battery Nur Bukhara Solar PV LLC FE, a project company owned by Masdar, will deliver a 63 MW battery energy storage system alongside a 250 MW solar plant in south-central Uzbekistan.
Patrick Jowett
May 29, 2024
View article
Workers installing battery
Network of 35 neighbourhood batteries taking shape in Australia Queensland government-owned energy company Energex is pushing ahead with the deployment of up to 35 pole- and ground-mounted community batteries in the city of Ipswich as it explores how to best store and reuse solar energy from the state’s approximately 1 million rooftop solar systems.
Ev Foley
May 29, 2024
View article
RWE limondale solar farm
RWE to build Australia’s first eight-hour battery German energy giant RWE has announced its investment decision to build a 50 MW/400 MWh battery project in New South Wales (NSW). Tesla will supply its Megapack batteries for the project with commissioning planned for late 2025.
Marija Maisch
May 28, 2024
View article
Sonnen battery
California is now a batteries-based rooftop solar market About 60% of energy customers in California have included battery energy storage with their rooftop solar installations. However, a “sustained downturn” is expected for the market.
Ryan Kennedy
May 24, 2024
View article
Gravity storage
Enel, Energy Vault build 18 MW/36 MWh of US gravity storage Energy Vault and Enel have revealed plans to build 18 MW/36 MWh of gravity storage in the United States. They say that the project will be the first large-scale gravity energy storage in a Western country.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 24, 2024
View article
Darling downs power station
Origin Energy unveils plans for 2 GWh battery in Australia Australian energy giant Origin Energy has revealed plans to build what could be the biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Queensland, as it continues the expansion of its renewable energy generation and storage portfolio.
David Carroll
May 21, 2024
View article
China southern power grid
China switches on first large-scale sodium-ion battery China Southern Power Grid has deployed a 10 MWh sodium-ion battery in China’s Guangxi Zhuang region. It is the first phase of a 100 MWh project.
Pilar Sanchez Molina
May 21, 2024

This website uses cookies to anonymously count visitor numbers. View our privacy policy.

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close