State-owned energy company Stanwell Corporation has commenced commercial operations of its 300MW/600MWh Tarong battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland.

Fox ESS and Origin Energy have partnered to enable home battery storage systems to participate in Origin’s Loop VPP programme in Australia.

Major Australian energy generator-retailer EnergyAustralia has reached financial close on its 250MWh Hallett battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia.

CleanCo Queensland has officially opened the Swanbank BESS, a 250MW/500MWh facility in Ipswich, Australia.

Potentia Renewables has successfully closed financing for the Skyview 2 battery energy storage system (BESS) in Edwardsburgh Cardinal, Ontario, Canada.

Two BESS projects in Yuma County, Arizona, one from BrightNight, and one from Leeward Renewable Energy, have reached significant milestones.

A US$30 billion infrastructure giant has just backed a partnership to bring 3.5GW of solar and energy storage to North America.

LG ES Vertech, the US-based system integrator subsidiary of LG Energy Solution (LG ES), plans to deliver 50GWh of projects this year, ESN Premium has heard.

Tesla is set to officially launch its first vehicle-to-grid (V2G) programme in Texas, US, soon with eyes to expand into California.

A 582MWh battery storage project and a gigawatt-hour-scale thermal energy storage system are the latest big developments in the emerging Baltic region, north-eastern Europe.