Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Texas Solar Surpasses Coal as Batteries Rewire ERCOT

Sun beats coal in Texas: ERCOT’s 2025 grid turns solar-led, battery-boosted and evening-shaped—cheaper middays, sharper dusk ramps, and developers racing to deliver dependable nightfall megawatts.

Dec 10, 2025 // Storage, Grids, USA, Texas, North America, ERCOT, coal decline, solar milestone, grid storage

Samsung SDI Snags $1.36 Billion U.S. Storage Deal

Samsung SDI lands $1.36B U.S. deal for LFP batteries, shifting from EVs to booming grid and data-center storage with domestic production, boosting bankability, AI-era demand, and investor confidence.

Dec 10, 2025 // Storage, USA, Battery Storage, North America, lfp, Samsung SDI, data centers

UK reshapes grid queue, reveals 283-GW clean pipeline after triage

NESO’s reform surfaces a reordered 283-GW pipeline of generation and storage.

Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, United Kingdom, Europe, pipeline, grid connections, NESO, reform

Engie, NHOA Plug 320-MWh Battery Near Brussels

Engie and NHOA’s 80MW/320MWh Brussels battery tames evening ramps with grid-forming finesse—peaking, arbitraging and stabilizing—urban-safe, bankable and circular, powering Belgium’s wind, solar and cross-border flows.

Dec 9, 2025 // Storage, Battery Storage, Engie, Europe, Belgium, NHOA, grid flexibility

India’s record-low storage bids spark viability and safety concerns

Rock-bottom battery bids raise fears of unbuildable projects and lower-quality systems in India’s push to scale storage.

Dec 9, 2025 // Storage, Policy, India, Asia, policy, tenders, project viability

Solar output overtakes coal in Texas, marking historic power shift

ERCOT data shows Texas generated more power from solar than coal year-to-date, underscoring the state’s rapid utility-scale buildout and battery adoption.

Dec 9, 2025 // Plants, Storage, USA, Texas, Battery Storage, North America, ERCOT, Solar growth, coal decline

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

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