Globally, energy storage project development is increasingly driven by the utility-scale segment, with mandates and targeted auctions driving gigawatt-hour projects in markets like China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Australia and Chile. . From the UK to the UEA and USA to Australia, Energy Digital Magazine runs through 10 of the most impressive energy storage projects worldwide Energy storage plays a pivotal role in the energy transition and is key to securing constant renewable energy supply to power systems, regardless of weather. . The largest upcoming BESS projects in the world include BYD's 12. 5 GWh project in Saudi Arabia, Grenergy's 11 GWh Oasis de Atacama project in Chile, and Sungrow's 7. Despite policy changes and uncertainty in the world's two largest markets, the US and China, the sector continues to grow as developers push forward with larger and larger utility-scale projects. Since 2024. . Total grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity coming online last month across the globe totalled 3,979. 745MWh by capacity, an average duration of 3.