Developer EDF power solutions North America and developer-operator Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company – Masdar, have entered into 15-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a California, US solar-plus-storage project.

Virtual power plant (VPP) operator and distributed energy resource (DER) platform Voltus and tech giant Google have signed a three-year 100MW agreement for the PJM region in the US.

Akaysha Energy’s Waratah Super Battery is now operating at 700MW and 1,680MWh following the successful return to service of High Voltage Transformer 2 (HVT2), the BlackRock-backed developer confirmed in a market update today (4 June).

Australia’s Victorian government has approved four new energy projects worth a combined AU$2.4 billion via its DFP, including 1,390MW of BESS.

US solar manufacturer T1 Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire vertically integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) company KORE Power.

A 2.1GWh, data centre-paired vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) project in Switzerland will be among the first of its scale that represents a specific use case for the technology, the president of design partner Invinity Energy Systems told Energy-Storage.news.

Two potential game-changing developments for Brazil’s energy storage sector were announced this week by its regulator and its energy ministry.

Four large-scale BESS projects totalling a combined 2.2GWh of capacity in major EU markets can now proceed with construction following successful financing by owners OX2, R.Power, BRUC and Aukera.

The European Commission must “acknowledge the clear role of long-duration energy storage,” organisations including Energy Storage Europe and the LDES Council have urged.

Recharge Power, a Taiwanese battery energy storage system (BESS) developer and integrator, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Australian renewable energy developer Energy Decarb to establish a joint venture targeting the Australian solar PV and battery storage market.