Infrastructure investor Actis has entered a strategic partnership with the companies behind a 3.5GW solar, 4.5GWh BESS project in the Philippines, one of the largest in the world.

The Victoria government has opened a second round of its 100 Neighbourhood Batteries Program in Australia, which has been expanded to include energy backup systems.

Germany-headquartered utility and IPP RWE will build a 7.5MW/11MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Netherlands with grid-forming inertia capabilities.

Allegro Energy, an Australian-based developer of water-based redox flow battery energy storage solutions, has attracted AU$17.5 million (US$11.67 million) in Series A funding from investors including Origin Energy, Melt Ventures and Impact Ventures.

PV inverter and battery energy storage system (BESS) provider Sungrow has signed an agreement with two major developers to supply BESS systems for an upcoming UK storage project.

System integrator Wärtsilä has launched a 5MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) product.

Update 9 September 2024: The fire was “out and cold” by 1am on Friday, 6 September, around 13 hours after it was reported at 12:09pm Thursday.

UBS Asset Management has secured financing for a 730MW/1,049MWh battery storage portfolio in Texas via two commercial banks.

Georgia Power has secured a battery and equipment supply agreement (BESA) with Tesla for a 500MW/2,000MWh BESS portfolio made up of four projects of varying sizes under development by the investor-owned utility (IOU).

The energy storage system integration arm of Canadian utility Hydro-Québec, EVLO, will deploy 300MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Virginia, US.