The Queensland government has invested AU$48 million to overhaul the ageing 5.7GWh Wivenhoe Pumped Hydro Power Station in Australia.

Capstone-Eurowind 3.2GWh BESS project is the latest to reach the final stage of the California Energy Commission opt-in process.

Capital Power has announced commercial operations of its 120MW York battery energy storage system (BESS) and 50MW Goreway BESS projects in Ontario, Canada.

The US Energy Information Administration (US EIA) annual survey of power plant activity found that in 2024, utility-scale batteries were more commonly used for price arbitrage.

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.