New policy introduced in February 2025 requires wind and solar payment mechanisms to move toward more market-based structures, where 100% of wind and solar generation is to be traded in the wholesale market with local governments left to define their own implementation. New policy introduced in February 2025 requires wind and solar payment mechanisms to move toward more market-based structures, where 100% of wind and solar generation is to be traded in the wholesale market with local governments left to define their own implementation. Energy storage and battery market experts speak with Energy-Storage. news about current and possible supply chain and downstream impacts of the US and Israel's war on Iran. ESN Premium discusses “long-term value creation” for infrastructure investors, with Daniel Burrows of BESS developer Eku. Since 2024, gigawatt-hour projects have been commissioned or started construction in not only the US and China, but also Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Australia, Netherlands, Chile, Canada and the UK. BloombergNEF expects additions to grow 35% this year, setting a record for annual additions, at 94. The German government is already working on a draft law for the country's power plant strategy that involves the installation of an initial 12 GW of dispatchable capacity as a backup power source when solar and wind energy is not enough. Nuvve Holding Corp (NASDAQ:NVVE) said its Japanese subsidiary.