Some 1.9GW of grid-scale battery energy storage was deployed across Europe last year, of which nearly 85% was in UK, Ireland, Germany and France according to research and consultancy LCP Delta.

At World Smart Energy Week in Japan last week CATL, Jinkosolar and Sungrow exhibited battery storage products.

Battery storage projects at least 1GWh of capacity have been proposed or progressed in Australia by companies Synergy, SkyLab and the Queensland government.

Gotion High-Tech has continued recent moves into new markets across Asia, signing a deal with Japan’s Edison Power.

The Chile arm of global energy firm AES Corporation is looking to build another large co-located battery energy storage system (BESS), this time with a capacity of 2,710MWh.

Norwegian firms Morrow Batteries and Eldrift have announced a non-binding offtake agreement for 1.5GWh of Morrow’s lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries.

Electriq Power, a US provider of battery storage solutions, has secured a deal that could be worth more than US$300 million.

The government of New Zealand considering viability of pumped hydro among its options to plug energy deficits of between 3TWh and 5TWh.

Amarenco has raised €300 million, enabling asset management firm Arjun Infrastructure Partners to acquire a minority stake in the company.

The European Commission has cleared an investment by Canadian pension fund BCI into Eku Energy, a new utility-scale BESS platform launched by Macquarie last year.