US-headquartered developer Pacific Green Technologies has received planning consent from the South Australian government to develop grid-scale battery energy storage systems on the Limestone Coast of South Australia.

Sun Cable has obtained its principal environmental approval from the Northern Territory government and NT Environment Protection Authority for its Australia-Asia PowerLink (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

IPP Tenska has submitted an application with the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council for the construction and operation of a 200MW/800MWh standalone BESS.

US solar PV and energy storage project developer Strata Clean Energy has signed a long-term tolling agreement for a 150MW/600MWh battery storage project in Arizona, US.

Sungrow and Rolls-Royce have announced major battery energy storage system (BESS) project orders in Belgium and the Netherlands, respectively.

Energy storage fund investment manager Gore Street has released its full-year results, reiterating how internationalisation helped it weather falling revenues in the UK – though not enough to maintain its dividend level.

World Bank Group has approved plans to develop Botswana’s first utility-scale battery energy storage system with a capacity of 50MW/200MWh.

Akaysha Energy has closed financing for a battery storage project in New South Wales, Australia that is planned to be in excess of 1,660MWh capacity.

The Vecco Critical Minerals Project, an AU$798 million (US$540 million) initiative aiming to unlock upstream battery manufacturing, has been declared a “coordinated project” by the Queensland government in Australia.

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MoEWR) of Somalia has issued a competitive tender for the provision of solar and storage technology at 46 different sites in the country.