Three US utilities, Ameren Missouri, DTE Energy in Michigan, and Black Hills Energy in Colorado have recently submitted IRPs with highlighted BESS project additions.

IPP Northland Power has announced that its 80MW/160MWh Jurassic energy storage project in Cypress County, Alberta, CA, has achieved commercial operations.

Gotion and Volkswagen AG will establish three joint ventures to manufacture lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries and battery materials in Valencia (Spain), Surany (Slovakia), and Kenitra (Morocco).

Kerala has proposed a five-year tariff framework with rules for BESS, PSP, including efficiency, availability and grid-forming requirements.

Gotion High-Tech has been named as the BESS supplier for three projects totalling 6GWh awarded to an ACWA Power consortium in Saudi Arabia.

Two Australian battery storage developments advanced, both moving large-scale projects closer to construction through separate approval pathways.

FRV Australia has commissioned the 100MW/200MWh Terang battery storage system in Victoria, the company’s first standalone storage project.

Inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology has become the first to be certified as capable of providing inertia to the German grid.

There is no shortage of capital to invest, but energy storage developers in the Middle East face familiar questions as the market takes shape.

In this news roundup, Metlen inaugurates a 75MWh BESS in Italy, PNE and Enercon develop a wind and storage project in Germany, and Mirova invests €65 million in Nordic BESS from Ingrid Capacity.