This edition of news in brief comes from another busy week for our colleagues covering the UK energy transition.

Aquila Capital will acquire a pipeline of large-scale battery storage projects in development in Australia, from Spain’s Gransolar Group.

Pattern Energy has achieved financial close on an offshore wind project in northern Japan to include a 100MW battery energy storage system.

Qcells has closed a US$150 million financing deal for its first large-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

US$16.6 million funding has been committed for five long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in New York by the US state’s government.

Energy stored in batteries is being dispatched in large volumes in California as record-breaking hot weather brings crisis.  

The US Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) has included energy storage into its market portfolio for the first time.

The Q3 2022 edition of our journal PV Tech Power is now available to download, featuring in-depth coverage on the rise of solar-plus.

HMS Networks discusses how it solved issues associated with Controller Area Network communications for a customer in the energy storage space.

For the US to create a domestic energy storage industry that can compete globally, it needs to look beyond today’s dominant technologies.