BYD has presented its latest grid-scale BESS product, pushing energy density even further to its limits, while Eve and Sunwoda have progressed commercialisation of high capacity battery cells.

Power firm PGE has started building a 262MW/981MWh BESS in Poland with LG batteries, coinciding with Solar Media’s Energy Storage Summit CEE, which kicked off today (23 September).

Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has increased the country’s emissions reduction target for 2035 to a range of 62% to 70%.

Victoria, Australia, has seen just under 5GWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) granted approval for development by the state and federal governments.

Three US battery energy storage system (BESS) developers, GridStor, Flatiron, and Jupiter Power, have advanced BESS projects totalling 1.6GWh across Arizona, Massachusetts, and Michigan.

The capacity of virtual power plants in North America has reached 37.5GW, a 13.7% year-on-year growth, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Fluence has deepened its partnership with Ukraine-headquartered energy company DTEK, agreeing to supply a large-scale battery storage project in Poland.

Green Gravity has signed an agreement with mining company Wollongong Resources to trial its gravitational energy storage in NSW, Australia.

Someva Renewables and AGL Energy have received the federal greenlight to develop a 2GWh wind-plus-storage project in NSW, Australia.

Regulated utility Dominion Energy last week received the green light from local officials to develop a 100MW/400MWh BESS in Fauquier County, Virginia.