Vena Energy has commenced construction of a large-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS), adjacent to two of the company’s existing facilities, in South Australia.

Project to integrate electric vehicle fast-chargers into ancillary services markets could be widely replicated, according to ADS-TEC Energy.

RWE Clean Energy has commissioned the Stoneridge Solar PV project in Texas, adding 200MW of solar PV and 100MW/200MWh BESS to its operational portfolio.

A subsidiary of utility Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has struck a deal with Amazon to construct 3GW of new dispatchable capacity, with the aim of serving the tech company’s planned data center expansion.

PJM has awarded 23 battery energy storage system (BESS) resources, totalling 2.2GW, with interconnection agreements (IAs) in its first transition cycle (TC1) of the reformed interconnection process.

A trio of Germany grid-scale BESS news items, with Next Kraftwerke and ju:niz Energy agreeing a seven year toll, Alpiq announcing a 370MW pipeline, and WBS Power selling the country’s largest solar-plus-storage project and planning a data centre on the same site.

Jason Beer of Fluence Australia, discusses some energy trends in Australia that are set to influence the development of the storage market.

Zenith secures 25-year PPA with Northern Star for 532MW hybrid project featuring a 138MW/300MWh BESS at Kalgoorlie gold mine in Australia.

ABB has acquired the solar PV and wind inverter and battery storage power conversion system (PCS) businesses of Gamesa Electric.

Stanwell bags rights to Quinbrook’s 6.24GWh Gladstone Energy Hub, combining 780MW battery energy storage with gas generation in Queensland.