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Pakistan regulator makes battery storage mandatory for 800 MW renewables auction
Pakistan’s power regulator has allowed the government to require battery energy storage in an upcoming 800 MW wind and solar auction. The change is ai...
ForeFront Power brings 7.7 MW Ventura County solar-plus-storage project online
ForeFront Power has brought a 7.7 MW solar-and-storage installation online at Ventura County’s government complex. The project adds distributed clean ...
ProfiNRG wins EPC work for 160 MW grid-connected battery project in Germany
ProfiNRG has secured an EPC contract for a 160 MW grid-connected battery storage project in Germany, according to SolarQuarter. The award reflects con...
US energy storage additions hit record 20.2 GWh in second quarter
US energy storage installations reached a record 20.2 GWh in the second quarter of 2026, according to SolarQuarter’s report. The same outlook raised t...
Victoria connects 119 MW Horsham solar farm as BESS phase prepares to start
Victoria’s publicly owned State Electricity Commission has connected the 119 MW Horsham solar farm to the grid for the first time. The site is part of...
Latin America PV growth enters storage and grid-infrastructure phase
InfoLink analysis says the leading Latin American solar markets now account for nearly 80% of the region’s total PV capacity. After years of rapid dep...
South Korea heat wave tests grid as solar covers a quarter of daytime demand
South Korea’s market electricity demand reached 95.3 GW on August 7, the fifth-highest level on record, as extreme heat lifted cooling load. The gover...
Brazil links data center tax incentives to renewable power supply
Brazil’s Senate has approved the Redata tax incentive regime for data center services, sending the bill to the president for sanction. To access the b...
South Australia rooftop solar briefly meets 99.9% of state demand
Rooftop solar supplied 99.9% of South Australia’s electricity demand at 1:30 p.m. on August 31, cutting grid-scale demand to just 2 MW. AEMO said batt...
SAEL secures 1 GWp of solar module orders in six months
SAEL Solar P6 has received 1 GWp of PV module supply orders over the past six months. The contracted supply includes n-type TOPCon modules for domesti...
India storage roadmap points to 888 GWh need by 2036
India will need 888 GWh of energy storage by fiscal 2035-36 to support a renewable fleet of more than 290 GW, according to discussions highlighted by ...
Hydrostor wins grid approval for 200 MW long-duration storage in Australia
Hydrostor has secured grid connection approval for its 200 MW / 1,600 MWh Silver City compressed-air energy storage project in Broken Hill, New South ...