Market research firm Wood Mackenzie stated that data centre buildout is uplifting the US battery energy storage system (BESS) outlook across all segments.

Results are in for New York’s first solicitations for large-scale energy storage resources, with 950MW of bids selected by NYSERDA.

IPP Greenvolt Power has started building its Siedlce battery storage project in Poland, while Gore Street, Taaleri Energia and DS1 have moved to construction on projects in Poland, Estonia and Lithuania respectively. 

Nvidia’s new qualification programme for products and solutions that meet its reference design requirements includes three battery storage solutions.  

AGL has advanced two grid-scale BESS in New South Wales, one now before Australia’s EPBC Act and the other still in early planning.

Two Victorian battery storage projects have reached new construction and commissioning milestones this week, both connecting to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in Australia.

GridStor, a US-based developer and operator of grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) has closed a US$220 million financing agreement for the 100MW/400MWh White Tank project in Arizona, US.

UK energy industry regulator Ofgem said it is minded to approve the introduction of a financial commitment for BESS in an attempt to reduce the oversupply of the projects awaiting a grid connection.

Compressed air energy storage (CAES) holds much promise for large-scale, LDES, but has struggled to get off the ground outside of China.

A flurry of project completions, financings and supplier deals for large-scale BESS across the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region, from Greenvolt, Renovatio & CATL, Eurowind, Renalfa, MOL Group, Tavion, MetaWealth and Enexus & Longi.