Browsing: Energy Storage

India’s energy storage market is expanding rapidly alongside renewable capacity additions, but supply chain dependence on imported battery components continues to shape policy risk. A proposed Approved List of Battery Manufacturers framework signals a shift toward tighter control over vendor eligibility in government-backed projects, aligning industrial policy with energy security objectives.

Vietnam’s rapid expansion of renewable energy capacity has outpaced the development of grid flexibility, increasing the urgency for large-scale storage solutions to stabilize supply and demand. The inauguration of a new battery energy storage manufacturing facility by GG Power in Hung Yen province reflects a strategic shift toward domestic production of storage technologies to support this transition.

ENGIE is expanding its battery energy storage footprint across key markets, with new projects in Spain and France pushing its European pipeline beyond 1 GW.

Grid congestion has emerged as one of the most immediate constraints on renewable energy deployment in the Netherlands, with thousands of projects reportedly facing delays due to limited connection capacity. A new agreement between TenneT and Green Energy Storage signals a shift toward using large-scale battery storage as an operational tool to manage these bottlenecks.

Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power is preparing to commit at least $30 billion to China over the next five years, reinforcing a strategic pivot that reflects both confidence in the country’s energy transition and a growing reliance on its industrial ecosystem.

The Oxford Battery Energy Storage Project in Ontario secured C$202 million in green loan financing to support a 125 MW and 500 MWh system designed to address peak demand variability and grid balancing requirements.

The agreement between Zelestra and EDP marks Spain’s first power purchase agreement to retrofit battery storage onto an operational solar plant, signaling a shift in how renewable assets are structured and optimized as dispatchability gains importance alongside generation capacity.

Oman is advancing a structured national approach to storage development, supported by the International Renewable Energy Agency, as it seeks to align system flexibility with accelerating renewable capacity additions.

Neoen has announced two new battery energy storage system projects totaling 348 MW and 896 MWh combined capacity, signaling continued scaling of storage assets across both mature and emerging electricity markets.

TotalEnergies and Masdar have agreed to form a $2.2 billion joint venture to consolidate their onshore renewable portfolios across nine…