Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has opened a consultation on the “Electricity and Gas/Hydrogen Scenario Framework 2027-2040/45” with the publication of the transmission system operators’ plans. Associations and organizations have until Sept. 28 to submit their assessments. The transmission system…
A report from SEIA and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence has revealed that US installed energy storage capacity grew by 20.2 GWh in the second quarter of 2026, representing 6.7 GW of continuous power output capacity. The additions, detailed in the Q3…
China has begun collecting consumption tax on lithium-ion batteries from Sept. 1, ending an exemption that had been in place for more than a decade and adding a new cost component for domestic battery energy storage products. The measure is…
HyperStrong has broken ground on the GigaBattery Boxberg 400, a 400 MW GWh battery energy storage system in Saxony, Germany, acting as turnkey contractor for project owner LEAG Clean Power. The facility is being built on a six-hectare remediated site…
Ontario’s position in the grid-scale energy storage sector is one of the fastest-scaling in the world, and this activity has prompted another independent developer to aim to join in on the province’s competitive capacity contracts. Toronto-based PowerBank Corporation, known primarily…
A 750 MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) dubbed the Beltrán project, located in the Valparaiso region, has reached ready-to-build (RTB) status. The standalone system, situated close to the La Pólvora substation, is being developed by Korkia in partnership…
Engie Chile has announced the commercial operation date (COD) of BESS Libélula and BESS Los Loros, two battery energy storage systems located in the Metropolitan and Atacama regions, respectively, with a combined maximum gross power output of 251 MW. With…
Blueleaf Energy, a Singapore-based pan-Asian renewable energy platform, and Universal Peak Sdn Bhd (UP), a Malaysian turnkey provider of electrical infrastructure solutions, have announced financial close with United Overseas Bank (UOB), a Singapore-headquartered banking group, for a utility-scale 100 MW/400…
Chile’s National Electricity Coordinator has issued the Connection Authorization Report for Enel Green Power Chile’s BESS Guanchoi project, which comprises a 356 MW battery energy storage system with six hours of duration, equivalent to 2,136 MWh of energy capacity. The…
Construction of the “GigaBattery Boxberg 400” battery storage system has officially started with a groundbreaking ceremony. The 400 MW/1,600 MWh system is being built at the Boxberg power plant site in Saxony and is part of Leag’s so-called GigawattFactory, which…