A 45MW/90MWh BESS project in the Netherlands will be deployed by developer Dispatch, supplied by system integrator Fluence and optimised by utility Eneco.

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) of India has opened bidding invitations in a tender for 250MW/500MWh of battery storage in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.

System integrator Stem Inc and developer Prometheus Power have deployed the first of three co-located BESS projects in Arizona for utilities in the AEPCO co-operative.

Plus Power has closed financing for a 150MW/300MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Massachusetts, US.

Some €17.9 million (US$19 million) in grants will be made available for ‘medium size’ distributed-scale energy storage projects projects in Austria.

US$5 million will be made available for long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects via a competitive solicitation run by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Developer Ethical Power has received planning consent for a 65MW solar-plus-storage project near Christchurch, New Zealand.

Liquid air energy storage firm Highview Power has raised £300 million (US$384 million) from the UK Infrastructure Bank and utility Centrica to immediately start building its first large-scale project.

TCC Group Holdings, the majority owner of New HOrizons Ahead (NHOA), intends to increase its holding and take the company private, delisting it from the Euronext Paris exchange.  

BHE Renewables (BHER) has secured Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with California community electricity provider Clean Power Alliance (CPA) relating to two of the developer’s hybrid solar-plus-storage projects in Kern County, California.