Australia’s first new large-scale pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in nearly 40 years is being built in Queensland and the state’s government is now exploring options for more.

An infrastructure group owned by Philippine billionaire Enrique K Razon has proposed construction of one of the biggest solar-plus-storage projects in the world.

A front-of-meter microgrid combining 2.2MW of solar PV with a 9MWh battery has gone online in Humboldt County, northeast California, which its developers claim is the first of its kind.

Californian investor-owned utility (IOU) PG&E has revealed its energy storage plans in a Climate Strategy Report and cut the ribbon on the 182.5MW Elkhorn battery energy storage system (BESS).

Annual deployments of distributed energy storage connected to virtual power plants (VPP) is expected to reach 3GW by 2030, according to research firm Guidehouse Insights.

Ion Storage Systems (ION), a company that has developed a solid state lithium-ion battery technology, has raised a US$30 million Series A to expand its production facility and accelerate its entry into the stationary storage sector.

RWE’s largest battery storage project to date has entered full operations in County Monaghan, Ireland.

New South Wales’s single biggest ever investment in infrastructure will go towards enabling renewable energy additions across its networks.

Community solar owner-operator Summit Ridge has secured US$15 million in project financing for two battery energy storage system projects in New York City, US.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has neared the halfway completion mark of a 250MW pumped hydro project.