This edition of news in brief brings you BESS news from the UK market featuring Field, Eelpower and EDF, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.

Ayala’s ACEN Corp has loaned PHP9 billion (US$144 million) to subsidiaries within the group for renewable energy and battery storage projects.

A new wave of cell price hikes is sweeping the battery energy storage industry. Major manufacturers have initiated price increases, with smaller producers quickly following suit.

Australia’s 58 grid-scale battery storage systems in the NEM generated a combined AU$28.79 million in estimated gross energy and FCAS revenue.

We are pleased to announce that we’re now working on the 2027 edition of the Energy Storage Report, our annual publication looking at the big trends shaping the industry. 

EDF Power Solutions has put a 150MW/600MWh BESS in Belgium into commercial operation while Engie has started building a 74MW/296MWh project. 

Aukera has closed a €460 million (US$534.23 million) structured credit facility to advance its project pipeline in five European markets.

EPC Renewables has signed an MoU with state-linked utility Energy Fiji Limited for the development of the Yaqara Solar & Battery Project.

Octopus Australia has referred the Blackstone battery energy storage system (BESS), a 500MW/2,000MWh standalone facility, to Australia’s federal government for assessment under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Tech giant Google, Tesla, utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), and distributed energy resource (DER)-focused company Sunrun are launching a new virtual power plant (VPP) in California, US.