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Sunwoda and Eco Sourcen Deliver One of Belgium's Largest Distribution-Grid Battery Storage Parks

5+ hour, 22+ min ago  (348+ words) The project completion event was attended by Rutger De Reu, Mayor of Deinze; Jan Vermeulen, First Alderman of Deinze; Sun Wei, Senior Vice President of Sunwoda; Terry Yuan, General Manager of Sunwoda Overseas Energy Storage Business; Dany Bosteels, CEO of…...

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Chile: AES Andes begins construction on co-located energy storage-backed plants with 2, 380 MWh

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (24+ words) The Pampas and Cristales plants each have 340 MW battery energy storage systems (BESS) with long-duration capacity, to go with significant renewable generation....

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Installed BESS capacity in Spain grew by 589%since 2025 blackout

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (518+ words) The event began with the sudden loss of approximately 15 GW of generation within seconds, triggering a cascading failure that led to a nationwide blackout. The sequence involved voltage deviations, frequency instability, and automatic shutdowns, underscoring the critical importance of real-time…...

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Europe: Accelerate EU "supports a 200 GW storage target, but omits financing mechanism

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (418+ words) The European Commission's new Accelerate EU package backs a 200 GW battery-storage target for 2030, but Solar Power Europe says the plan still lacks the dedicated funding mechanism needed to turn that ambition into deployment. Solar Power Europe (SPE) says the bloc…...

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Battery energy storage project pipeline in Spain surges 464% year-on-year

5+ day, 12+ hour ago  (197+ words) Battery systems accounted for the overwhelming majority of this capacity, representing 98. 9% (2, 098. 2 MW), either as standalone installations or co-located with generation assets. At the administrative level, regional governments process a larger number of projects, while the Ministry for Ecological Transition concentrates…...

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Cyprus gives go-ahead to 570 MWh of battery storage

5+ day, 9+ hour ago  (224+ words) ESS News has seen a document published by Cyprus" transmission system operator listing applications for 34 battery storage projects with a combined power output of around 900 MW. Of these, eight projects " totalling 231 MW/570 MWh " have been granted preliminary grid connection terms....

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Enspired partners with Energreen on 962 MW BESS pipeline in Italy

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (447+ words) enspired said it has entered the Italian market "thanks to a strategic collaboration with Energreen Trading, its local distribution partner." The Vienna-based company also told pv magazine Italia that the arrangement is an "exclusive agreement to collaborate on the optimization…...

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Netherlands: Tenne T and GES ink landmark deal for 800 MWh "congestion mitigator" battery

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (142+ words) The Netherlands is currently grappling with "netcongestie, a level of grid saturation in both supply and demand so severe that thousands of companies and renewable energy projects are stalled on waiting lists. In seeking to address the issues, the Dutch…...

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Brazil's energy storage regulation delayed again

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (287+ words) Brazil's electricity regulator Ag'ncia Nacional de Energia El'trica (Aneel or National Electric Energy Agency) has again postponed approval of a long-awaited regulatory framework for energy storage systems, following a request for further review during its 7 April board meeting. Industry response…...

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Brazil greenlights co-located solar and storage for the first time

3+ week, 12+ hour ago  (208+ words) ESS News Brazil greenlights co-located solar and storage for the first time Brazil's National Electric Energy Agency (Aneel) has signed the country's first-ever authorization for a co-located battery energy storage system (BESS) tied to a solar generation facility, marking a…...