Italy Declares Sardinia AI Data Centre with Hybrid Gravity-BESS Hub of Strategic National Interest
ROME — Italy has declared an AI data centre integrated with a hybrid gravity-plus-battery storage hub of strategic national interest, granting Energy Vault's Digital Vault Sulcis project an accelerated approval pathway. The Council of Ministers, led by PM Giorgia Meloni, approved the designation in ...
Brazil's First National Storage Auction Draws Record 296.9GW of Bids — CATL, Cornex Move In
BRASÍLIA — Brazil's first national energy storage auction has drawn a record 6,091 project bids totaling 296,908MW — the highest participation of any energy auction in the country's history, the Energy Research Office (EPE) confirmed. The two-auction programme (LRCAP – National Storage) marks the ...
Trump Declares National Emergency, Bans Imports of Inverters, Transformers and BESS Equipment
WASHINGTON — President Trump has declared a national emergency over foreign-made power equipment, banning imports of grid-connected inverters, transformers and battery energy storage systems (BESS) that he says pose an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to US bulk-power system security. The ...
Africa's First 24/7 Solar Baseload Plant Goes Live at DRC's Kamoa Copper Mine
KOLWEZI, DRC — A solar-plus-storage plant claimed as Africa's first to deliver round-the-clock renewable power has reached commercial operation at Kamoa Copper, the continent's largest copper mining complex. Developer and IPP CrossBoundary Energy announced the milestone on August 25. The facility ...
Global BESS Deployments Hit 18GWh in July 2026; Europe Posts Record Month
LONDON — Global grid-scale battery storage is on pace for a record year. A total of 6,199MW/18,817MWh of BESS capacity came online in July 2026, pushing the year-to-date total to 154GWh, up 27% year on year, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. China accounted for 70% of July's additions (4...
Saudi Arabia Leads Global BESS Installations: SPPC Awards 2GW/8GWh Contracts Worth US$1.16 Billion
The Desert Grid: Saudi Arabia Overtakes the World in Battery Storage RIYADH — August 28, 2026 — The oil kingdom just became the storage capital of the world. Saudi Arabia led global utility-scale BESS installations in July — and its government has signed off its first-ever battery storage tender in ...
The Giant Steps Back: Shell Sells sonnen After Seven Years — What It Means for Europe's Home Storage Market
The Giant Steps Back: Shell Sells sonnen — and Europe's Home Storage Market Enters a New Era MUNICH / VALLETTA — August 27, 2026 — The oil giant that bought into Germany's home storage market at the peak of its ambition has walked away. Shell has completed the sale of sonnen Group — the German ...
When 2 GWh Meets 2,695 GWh: India's Storage Ambition and the Supply Chain Reality Gap
When 2 GWh Meets 2,695 GWh: The Supply Chain Reality Behind India's Storage Ambition NEW DELHI / LONDON — August 26, 2026 — India wants to be a battery storage powerhouse. Its supply chain, by the numbers, is not there yet. According to Wood Mackenzie data reported by Energy-Storage.News (August 21, ...
Australia's Largest Battery Expands: GE Vernova and CATL Power Supernode Stage 3 to 3GWh Scale
One Site, 3 GWh: GE Vernova and CATL Expand Australia's Largest Battery to Full Scale BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — August 25, 2026 — Australia's largest battery storage system just got its final piece. Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has selected GE Vernova and CATL for Stage 3 of the Supernode BESS in ...
