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Energy storage news & insights
Battery energy storage (BESS) news, tenders and market updates from emerging markets: utility-scale batteries, long-duration storage, and the tariffs, business models and financing terms forming around them.
What we cover
Storage-specific procurement rounds
Co-located and standalone battery projects
Behind-the-meter storage for industry
Ancillary-service payments and licensing
Warranty, degradation and financing terms
Latest in storage
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Standalone battery tenders scale from tens to hundreds of megawatts
A new generation of standalone battery storage tenders in emerging markets is procuring hundreds of megawatts at a time, moving batteries from pilot projects…
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Energy infrastructure in Thailand: EGAT, the power development plan and the shift to renewables and storage
How Thailand’s power sector is structured, what the power development plan means for renewables, gas and storage, and where the procurement opportunities are for…
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Utility-scale solar tenders shift to scoring on evening delivery
Procurement agencies are rewriting solar tender rules to reward firm energy delivered into the evening peak, pushing developers toward hybrid solar-plus-storage bids and changing…
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Utility-scale battery rollouts anchor emerging-market resilience
Grid-scale storage is being specified for reliability first and arbitrage second, changing how projects are sized and financed.
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Grid storage tenders accelerate across emerging markets
A cluster of storage-specific procurements signals a shift from pilots to programmes.
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Hybrid solar-plus-storage bids dominate latest tender rounds
Developers are competing on delivered evening energy rather than headline solar tariffs.
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Hydro drought risk pushes systems toward diversified firm capacity
Recent dry seasons have exposed the vulnerability of hydro-dependent grids, and planners are responding with solar, storage, gas and imports to diversify firm capacity.
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Ancillary-service payments define storage revenue in emerging grids
Frequency response and reserve payments are becoming the main revenue stream for grid batteries in emerging markets, and regulators are formalising the products that…
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Long-duration storage pilots test alternatives to lithium
Utilities and developers in emerging markets are piloting flow batteries, thermal storage, compressed air and pumped hydro to cover multi-hour and multi-day gaps that…
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Behind-the-meter batteries spread across industrial estates
Factories, mines and industrial parks are installing batteries behind the meter to manage unreliable supply, cut peak charges and firm on-site solar, creating a…
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BESS warranty and degradation terms move to the centre of financing talks
Lenders and buyers of battery storage in emerging markets are scrutinising warranty backers, degradation curves and augmentation plans, making commercial terms as decisive as…
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What is a BESS tender? How battery storage is procured in emerging markets
A plain-English guide to battery energy storage tenders: who runs them, what is being bought, how bids are scored, how projects earn revenue and…
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