Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Supplementing your photovoltaic station with battery storage will make your system more flexible and you will be independent from the power grid as well as weather conditions. Top news on energy storage technologies and solar batteries. Best battery manufacturers, advanced solar-plus-storage solutions, latest R&D in the field.
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Agile Energy Secures Equity for 200MW Australian Solar-Plus-Storage
Agile Energy secures capital to fast-track 200 MW of rooftop solar-plus-storage, scaling nationwide C&I rollouts with turnkey, monitored systems that cut costs, shave peaks, relieve grids, and slash emissions.
Dec 8, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, Australia, Oceania, Agile Energy
Vena Energy Starts Building 408-MWh Battery in South Australia
Vena Energy begins construction of a 408-MWh battery at Tailem Bend, expanding its solar-storage hub and boosting South Australia’s grid stability.
Dec 8, 2025 // Storage, Australia, South Australia, Oceania, energy transition, Vena Energy, Tailem Bend
Eurowind Sells 400-MW California Battery Project
Eurowind Energy sells a 400-MW California battery project to redirect capital toward fast-growing European markets and hybrid renewable-storage developments.
Dec 8, 2025 // Storage, California, USA, Battery Storage, Europe, BESS, North America, Eurowind Energy, hybrid projects, asset sale
Chint Buys 50-MW Oxfordshire Solar-Storage from Ethical Power
Ethical Power offloads 49.9‑MW Burcot Energy Park to Chint Solar, advancing a 2027 solar-plus-storage project with 80,000 panels, sheep grazing, and power for 18,000 homes—spotlighting investor appetite for renewables.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, Chint, Ethical Power
Vattenfall approved to build 254-MW/700-MWh battery at former nuclear site
Vattenfall will deploy a 254-MW/700-MWh battery at the decommissioned Brunsbüttel nuclear plant in northern Germany, adding critical flexibility to a wind-rich grid.
Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Germany, Europe, Vattenfall, grid flexibility, Brunsbüttel
GB Energy targets fifteen gigawatts of clean power by 2030
The UK’s new state-owned GB Energy wants to help deliver 15 GW of clean capacity by 2030, mobilising billions in private capital.
Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, United Kingdom, Europe, investment, grid upgrades, GB Energy
Vietnam outlines national roadmap to deploy battery storage at scale
Vietnam’s leaders sketched a stronger strategy for battery storage to integrate fast-growing wind and solar while improving reliability.
Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Policy, Asia, Vietnam, renewables, grid flexibility
Fortescue installs first BYD battery to decarbonise Pilbara operations network
Fortescue has deployed a large BYD battery system in Western Australia’s Pilbara, cutting diesel use and enabling more renewable integration.
Dec 5, 2025 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, BESS, mining, BYD, decarbonisation
Vena Energy Battery Pact Advances Indonesia–Singapore Solar Link
Vena Energy’s battery-backed Indonesia–Singapore solar link advances with HVDC, grid-forming tech—shaping daytime sun into firm evening power, boosting bankability, cutting curtailment, and delivering cleaner, cheaper energy across borders.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Singapore, Indonesia, project development, interconnector
Australia Faces Bill Shock as Renewables Rollout Lags
Australia risks pricier power as renewables lag. Fast‑track batteries, transmission and planning, empower homes with solar, smart tariffs and VPPs to hit 2030 targets and retire coal smoothly.
Dec 5, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Policy, Australia, Oceania, transmission, electricity prices
China’s Solar Titans Bet Big on Batteries
China’s solar giants pivot to batteries, bundling solar-plus-storage to beat panel glut, smooth grids, and sell dispatchable power—chasing 30–40% growth and stickier, all-in energy services.
Dec 3, 2025 // Storage, China, Asia, energy transition, renewables, solar-storage
Vikram Solar Appoints New CEO to Lead 1 GWh Storage Expansion
India’s Vikram Solar names veteran executive to head its storage arm, targeting up to 5 GWh annual battery output.
Dec 3, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, India, Asia, Vikram Solar, renewables, Battery Manufacturing
Chile OKs 84-MW Solar, 90-MW Battery Hybrid
Limes wins Chilean green light for 84‑MWp solar + 90‑MW battery, a hybrid built to dodge curtailment, chase evening prices, and scale with grid-forming smarts—procurement now sets pace.
Dec 2, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Chile, hybrid, South america, solar-plus-storage, permitting, Limes Renewable
Tokyu Switches On Bite-Size Batteries Across Kanto
Tokyu Construction energizes 4‑MW battery storage in Kanto, slotting standardized blocks into tight urban sites to smooth peaks, backstop solar, and earn from arbitrage, ancillary services—and future capacity.
Dec 2, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Battery Storage, japan,, grid flexibility, Tokyu Construction, Kanto