Another edition of our BESS Industry Buzz, taking a look at what’s got industry people talking in the corridors of social media. 

South Africa’s government has put battery storage and power-to-gas technologies at the heart of the national long-term electricity supply and demand strategy.

Intilion has just tied up with CATL for sodium-ion BESS deployments in Europe, following Alfen’s similar move in July, while Merus Power tells us it is in the process of integrating with the OEM’s new product. 

Finland is the Nordic region’s most-talked-about market for the moment, with project deals and other battery storage development activity from local and international players.  

Electrifying low-temperature industrial heat and steam processes with renewables could reduce European Union natural gas consumption by 35 billion cubic metres-per-year, according to a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) has unveiled its KRW1,000 trillion (US$747 billion) Korean Green Transformation (K-GX) industrial strategy.

Mint Renewables has received planning approval for an 800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) near Kojonup in Western Australia.

Marinus Link held a sod turning ceremony in North West Tasmania to mark the start of expanded construction.

Infrastructure investor Actis has entered the Polish energy storage market with the acquisition of two large-scale projects from DTEK’s DRI, while R.Power and Solax have announced project updates in the country. 

BESS owner-operator Return has put its 100MW/200MWh Antares BESS in the Netherlands into commercial operation, the largest to have reached that stage in the country as far as we know.