Amazon Studios has begun swapping out diesel generators for mobile BESS equipment at sets for its TV and film productions in the US.

Developer Kyon Energy, investor Obton and system integrator ECO STOR have commissioned 27.6MW/32.4MWh of battery storage across two sites in Germany.

RWE has unveiled plans for an up to 600MW solar development on land in in northern England.

During first China-Arab States Summit, Sungrow signed battery storage supply agreement for Saudi Arabia’s new ‘smart city’ megadevelopment.

Another serving of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

California-based firm Element Energy has raised a US$28 million Series B to accelerate its proprietary BMS-enhanced second life energy storage solution, with 2.5GWh of modules secured already.

Spain-based renewable energy firm Acciona Energia has acquired a two-hour energy storage system in ERCOT, Texas, from Qcells.

Fluence said the company is on track to grow revenues by almost a third on “multi-year” basis, leading to breakeven EBITDA in 2024.

The hydropower subsidiary of General Electric’s renewables business has installed first pair of 300MW turbines at pumped hydro site in China.

Sungrow will provide a 638MWh liquid-cooled battery energy storage system (BESS) to Engie for a solar-plus-storage project in Chile.