IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has closed financing for the 1.2GWh BESS portion of its Atrisco solar and storage project in New Mexico, USA.

Honduras has launched a consultation on regulatory changes to its electricity network to help better integrate energy storage, which it said is key to maintaining stability, efficiency and sustainability of the network.

Revenues for the energy storage arm of NHOA Group fell in the first half of 2024 because of the market-wide fall in the price of BESS.

Jupiter Power has completed and put into commercial operation a BESS project provided by technology firm and system integrator Energy Vault in the ERCOT, Texas market.

Utility EWEC (Emirates Water and Electricity Company) has launched an RFP for a 400MW BESS project to be built to support the grid in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Oil and gas major TotalEnergies will build a 100MW/200MWh BESS project from Kyon Energy’s pipeline, its first project after buying the developer.

‘Not all providers are equal’ and using different ones for the same project has not proved problematic when it comes to BESS project augmentation, an executive from investment manager Gresham House said.

The CPUC has proposed the procurement of over 10GW of new energy resources, including 1GW of multi-day long-duration energy storage (LDES) and another 1GW of 12-hour-plus LDES.

A project combining gas turbines and BESS technology in the Czech Republic has been put into commercial operation.

In this Q&A, Enel North America CEO Paolo Romanacci discusses the IPP’s operational BESS projects, pipeline and deployments as well as his views on wider US industry challenges.