SCE is seeking expedited approval from the California Public Utilities Commission for offtake agreements associated with Copia Power’s Centennial Flats facility in La Paz County, Arizona.

State-owned power producer PGE Group has selected LG Energy Solution to provide the BESS for a 263MW/900MWh project it will build in Poland, for a total of PLN 1.555 billion (US$385 million).

CATL has filed a complaint in a US court against system integrator Powin for alleged non-payment of shipments of battery cells for BESS.

Not-for-profit consultancy Yarra Energy Foundation (YEF) has said that its Fitzroy North community battery in Melbourne, Australia, generated AU$8,423 in revenue, excluding goods and services tax (GST), for the 2023-24 financial year.

Singapore-headquartered renewable energy producer Vena Energy has added a 41.5MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to an existing 87MW solar PV power plant in South Australia.

UK-headquartered battery storage investor-developer Gore Street Energy Fund (GSF) has completed energisation of the 200MW/400MWh Big Rock battery energy storage system (BESS) project in California, US.

Portugal has selected 43 winning BESS projects for a share of €100 million (US$105 million) in EU grants while, on the other side of Europe, Moldova has launched a 75MW BESS procurement with funding from USAID.

Following his inauguration on Monday morning, US president Donald Trump signed a raft of executive orders outlining his administration’s plans for the next four years.

Chinese renewable energy tech company Envision has begun building a factory for wind turbines and energy storage systems (ESS) in Kazakhstan.

Modo Energy has signalled that 16.8GW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) will connect to Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) by the end of 2027.