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Brazil’s grid operator sets validation rules for BESS models

Brazil’s National Electric System Operator (ONS) has defined guidelines for validating computational models used in electrical studies of solar, wind and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects. The procedure sets criteria for checking whether simulations accurately represent real equipment behavior…

New Zealand brings 200 MWh grid-scale battery online

New Zealand government-backed utility Genesis Energy has officially opened its first grid-scale battery at the Huntly power station site on the North Island with the 100 MW/200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) now live. Genesis Chief Operating Officer Tracey…

Spain advances 1.9 GW of energy storage projects

Spain put 99 energy storage projects totaling 1,925.3 MW into public consultation in the third quarter of 2026, according to quarterly permitting data. The total was 222.5 MW below the second quarter and 1,516.5 MW lower than in the third…

Italy authorizes 1 GW BESS project in Puglia

Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) has issued eight single authorizations for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totaling more than 1.7 GW. The largest project is a 1,000 MW electrochemical storage system planned in Brindisi, in the…