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Close-up of BESS containers at an LS Electric project. Image: LS Electric.

LS Electric to deploy 90MWh BESS in Japan after winning Tokyo Metropolitan Government tender

April 15, 2025
LS Electric will deploy a 20MW/90MWh battery storage system in Japan after it was awarded the contract through a competitive solicitation.
US president Donald Trump delivering the 2018 State of the Union address during his first term. Image: Flickr/ Trump White House Archived

US BESS investment ‘already impacted’ by tariffs, but industry predicted to remain resilient

April 14, 2025
Tariffs announced on ‘Liberation Day’ have already caused battery storage project deals to fall through in the US, Energy-Storage.news has heard.
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Grid-scale BESS deployments reach 10.9GWh in March, US sees highest figure in six months

April 9, 2025
A total of 10.9GWh of grid-scale BESS entered commercial operations in March, up 29% year-on-year and 3% month-on-month. 
Battery racks at a Tata Power BESS project. Image: Tata Power.

Tata Power deploys battery storage to support critical infrastructure in Mumbai, India

April 8, 2025
Electric utility and generation company Tata Power has received regulatory approval to deploy a centrally controlled battery storage system in Mumbai, India.
Energy Vault BESS units at a project in Texas, US, for customer Jupiter Energy. Image: Energy Vault.

IndiGrid completes India’s ‘first regulated utility BESS project’, Energy Vault tech licensed for local manufacturing

April 7, 2025
India’s first commercial regulated utility-scale battery storage project has gone into operation, and a new partnership claims it will establish local manufacturing in the country this year.
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Trump’s 1930s-level tariffs bring China battery duty to 82%, big increases for Southeast Asia

April 3, 2025
Donald Trump has announced his sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ global tariffs, with another new China tariff resulting in an effective doubling of the price of batteries and BESS imported from there to the US.
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Large-scale hybrid lithium-sodium-ion BESS comes online in China

April 2, 2025
A 200MW/400MWh BESS project in China combining lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries has been put into operation.
Figure 5. Most of the suppliers included in the report are predicted to ship between 3.5-6.5GWh of product in 2025.

CATL and Sungrow join Tesla as AAA-Rated energy storage suppliers

April 1, 2025
Charlotte Gisbourne, market analyst at PV Tech Research discusses trends and movements in the Q1 2025 edition of the EnergyStorageTech Bankability Ratings report.
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) India seeks projects with a 2:1 ratio of solar PV output to energy storage capacity in megawatts, with 4-hour duration storage capacity. Image: NHPC.

NHPC India solar-plus-storage tender seeks 1.2GW of PV, 600MW of 4-hour duration storage

April 1, 2025
NHPC India has launched a tender for solar-plus-storage, aiming to secure 1.2GW of solar PV capacity alongside 600MW/2,400MWh of storage.
Rendering of how the completed project in Kyushu, Japan, may look. Image: IDEX

Sumitomo Electric deploys first vanadium flow battery supported by government scheme in Japan

March 31, 2025
Sumitomo Electric has followed up the US launch of its newest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology, announcing a deal in Japan.

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