Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has commissioned and started operations on two solar-plus-storage projects in the ERCOT, Texas market, one with the BESS online and another set to be commissioned next year.

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has started construction on a 130MW solar, 260MWh battery storage facility in New Mexico.

Turkey-based developer and IPP Fortis Energy has acquired a solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Serbia.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has granted US independent power producer (IPP) BrightNight approval to connect its Mortlake Energy Hub, which includes solar and storage facilities, to the Victoria grid.

The Bulgarian Ministry of Energy has invited public comment on an initiative for tenders for 3GWh of renewable power and storage capacity.

Norway-headquartered renewable energy company Scatec will add 28.6MW of solar PV and 19.2MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) to projects in Cameroon, via a local subsidiary.

US-based independent power producer (IPP) NextEra and utility Entergy have revealed a five-year, 4.5GW development pipeline of solar and storage projects.

Atlas Renewable Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with COPEC to deploy a 200MW/800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

TC Energy will develop “a potential long-term revenue framework” for its proposed pumped storage project in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Gridstor has started commercial operations at its 60MW/160MWh Goleta battery storage facility in the US state of California.