Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Enlight Funds 2 GWh German Solar-Storage Hybrid
Enlight powers Germany’s evenings: a co-located solar + 2 GWh battery hybrid using one interconnection to time-shift output, steady the grid, and deliver bankable, repeatable clean dispatch.
Jan 29, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Germany, Battery Storage, Europe, solar hybrid, ENLIGHT, project finance
Sungrow’s PowerTitan 3.0 Targets Europe’s Grid Crunch
Sungrow’s PowerTitan 3.0 hits Europe: containerized, liquid‑cooled battery with grid‑forming control, EMS/SCADA fleet dispatch and lifecycle guarantees for 2–4‑hour FFR, arbitrage and congestion relief.
Jan 29, 2026 // Technology, Storage, Sungrow, Battery Storage, Europe, utility scale, grid forming
Metlen Expands in Europe With EPC, Storage Deals
Metlen accelerates Europe’s energy buildout: EPC wins in UK/Ireland and an Italian battery deal deliver fast, standardized solar-plus-storage with grid‑tight compliance, bifacial tech, and performance‑backed O&M.
Jan 28, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, EPC, UK, Battery Storage, Ireland, Europe, Metlen
€250m Fuels Enery’s Europe Solar-Storage Buildout
Enery lands €250m to fast-track European solar-plus-storage, boosting grid flexibility with evening-shifted power, frequency services, and smarter, diversified revenue strategies.
Jan 26, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Battery Storage, Europe, utility solar, Enery, project finance
RES, Energy Estate File A$1.3b Solar-Storage Plan
AUD 1.3b solar-plus-storage hub pairs multi-hundred-MW PV with multi-hour batteries to hit evening peaks, bolster grid, cut losses—backed by jobs, wildlife safeguards, and PPA-driven revenues.
Jan 20, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, res, energy estate, planning
CleanPeak Snaps Up Five NSW Solar-Battery Sites
CleanPeak snaps up five NSW solar-plus-storage sites, bolstering near-load, distribution-connected capacity to deliver evening MWh, firmed renewables and higher-margin grid services as coal retires—without interconnection delays.
Jan 16, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, CleanPeak, Oceania
EBRD Weighs Loan for Egypt Solar-Battery Park
EBRD eyes financing for a 200‑MW solar-plus-storage in Egypt, pairing grid-forming batteries to time-shift power, shave peaks and stabilize frequency—unlocking hard-currency offtake and bankable, evening-proof generation.
Jan 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, EBRD, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Egypt, grid services, project finance
Egypt’s Obelisk Brings Round-the-Clock Solar Online
Egypt’s Obelisk lights up: first-phase solar-plus-storage delivers dispatchable clean power, shaping evenings, stabilizing the grid and prices, creating jobs, and de-risking a modular path to 1 GW.
Jan 13, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Battery Storage, Asia, Africa, Egypt, hybrid solar, Grid reliability, commissioning
Malaysia Awards 100-MW BESS to Blueleaf, Universal Peak
Blueleaf Energy–Universal Peak win Malaysia’s first MyBeST tender, building a 100‑MW/400‑MWh BESS by 2027 to stabilize grids, integrate solar, cut peaker reliance—setting the pace for reliability-first storage.
Jan 7, 2026 // Storage, Malaysia, Asia, BESS, Blueleaf Energy, Universal Peak, MyBeST
Atmos Renewables’ Green Refi Supercharges Battery, Wind Pipeline
Atmos Renewables secures oversubscribed green loan refinancing, unifying debt to fast-track batteries and wind—including Merredin, Heywood, Parron Maam Marang—unlocking flexible capital to push Australia’s clean-energy pipeline into construction.
Jan 5, 2026 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Atmos Renewables
Neoen Breaks Ground on BHP-Backed Goyder Big Battery
Neoen breaks ground on Tesla-powered 226MW/866MWh battery at Goyder North, pairing with wind to firm BHP from 2029, deliver grid-forming services, and crush evening peaks across South Australia.
Dec 23, 2025 // Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, South Australia, neoen, Oceania, bhp
Flow Power Locks Financing for Bennetts Creek Battery
Flow Power seals finance for 100‑MW/223‑MWh Bennetts Creek battery, repowering Latrobe coal land for 2028 start, stacking grid services to firm renewables. Wärtsilä tech; Westpac, SMBC backing; Zenviron EPC.
Dec 22, 2025 // Storage, Victoria, Flow Power, project finance, Australia,
Altus Power Buys 234 MW U.S. Solar-Storage Portfolio
Altus Power snaps up 234‑MW solar-plus-storage from Greenbacker, scaling distributed generation with SCADA-optimized fleets, 2–4 hour batteries, diversified offtakers—and momentum for VPPs, EV charging, and multi-site solutions.
Dec 19, 2025 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, Altus Power, acquisition, distributed generation
Soltage raises $80m debt to expand U.S. solar and storage pipeline
IPP Soltage secures $80 million to advance a 2-GW-plus pipeline of distributed and utility-scale solar with batteries across the U.S.
Dec 17, 2025 // Storage, USA, BATTERIES, North America, pipeline, Soltage, project finance
Voltalia prepares site for 43-MW solar-storage hybrid in French Guiana
Voltalia starts site works for a 43-MW hybrid solar project with batteries in western French Guiana, targeting three years of construction.
Dec 17, 2025 // Plants, Storage, Voltalia, hybrid, construction, French Guiana