Chile, China and Australia drove global BESS deployments in April, a month which saw nearly 9GWh of grid-scale capacity enter commercial operations.

Elements Green has received grid connection approval from Powerlink Queensland and the AEMO for a 1.3GWh solar-plus-BESS site in Queensland.

In a contrasting double-header of news for the US energy storage ecosystem, Our Next Energy (ONE) has launched US-made cells, modules and BMS while BESS manufacturer American Energy Storage Innovations (AESI) is winding down its business.

The battery storage arm of Canadian Solar expects to make between 7GWh and 9GWh of shipments this year, with the final figure dependent on trade policy developments.

Developer Elgin Energy has secured grid connection approval from AEMO for a 150MW solar-plus-storage site in Victoria.

Epic Energy’s 100MW/200MWh Mannum battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia has entered the commissioning phase.

Despite new state incentives for energy storage in New York, some independent power producers (IPP) are still struggling to make progress in the face of local opposition, permitting hurdles and moratoriums.

Developer SMT Energy, with utility CenterPoint Energy and construction company Irby, have broken ground on the 160MW/320MWh SMT Houston IV battery energy storage system (BESS) in Texas, US.

Flow battery developer XL Batteries has partnered with data centre developer Prometheus Hyperscale to deploy its batteries on-site at data centres.

Utility and power generation firm Engie has started construction on a 100MW/400MWh BESS project in Belgium, for which it has enlisted system integrator NHOA Energy to provide the BESS.