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Leeward Renewable Energy’s 88MW/352MWh California BESS enters operations

May 8, 2025
Developer and IPP Leeward Renewable Energy’s (LRE) 88MW/352MWh Chaparral Springs battery energy storage system (BESS) in Kern County, California is now fully operational.
CATL's Hank Zhou, CTO ESS Europe, unveiling the new product. Image: CATL.

CATL launches 9MWh ‘two in one’ stacked BESS product in response to transportation weight limits

May 8, 2025
CATL has launched a 9MWh grid-scale BESS product which comprises two smaller units stacked on top of each other, which it said gets around weight challenges for transportation.
Lithium-ion BESS project supplied by Saft, one of the EASE members that contributed to the new guide. Image: Saft.

EASE guide ‘serves as blueprint for safe deployment of BESS across Europe’

May 8, 2025
European energy storage trade association EASE has recommended the harmonisation of international standards for battery storage safety.
Image: EnergyCo.

EnergyCo grants access rights for 7.15GW of renewables and energy storage in Australia

May 8, 2025
7.15GW of renewables and energy storage projects have been granted access rights to connect to Australia’s first REZ in Central-West Orana.
Image: WaterNSW.

AGL fully acquires 13.9GWh of pumped hydro in New South Wales, Australia

May 8, 2025
AGL Energy has acquired two pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sites in the Hunter region of New South Wales, totalling 13,930MWh.
Significant growth will be seen in all three modelled scenarios, but deployment will still fall short of what's required, SolarPower Europe said. Image: SolarPower Europe.

SolarPower Europe forecasts 45% CAGR for battery storage to 2029, urges policymakers to do more

May 7, 2025
Europe breaking battery storage deployment records, but more still needs to be done to accelerate uptake, according to SolarPower Europe.
Sonnen Texas VPP

Sonnen launches ‘highly scalable’ 60MWh virtual power plant in Texas

May 7, 2025
Energy storage virtual power plant (VPP) provider Sonnen is partnering with Abundance Energy and Energywell Technology Licensing to develop a battery-enabled VPP in Texas, US.
The Native River BESS, the only large-scale project that came online in the UK in April. Image: Ethical Power / Varco Energy.
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UK reaches over 120GWh of approved grid-scale battery storage projects

May 7, 2025
The pipeline of grid-scale BESS projects with planning approval in the UK has now reached 58,270MW/121,645MWh in capacity.
Waratah Super Battery. Image: Akaysha Energy.

AEMO: Q1 2025 BESS output surges 86% year-on-year in Australia’s NEM

May 7, 2025
AEMO has revealed a big increase in battery energy storage system (BESS) output in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM).
Image: Endeavour Energy.

Australia’s Endeavour Energy pens community BESS optimisation agreement

May 7, 2025
Australian distribution network company Endeavour Energy has expanded its partnership with Israel’s mPrest to optimise its community BESS.

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