Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) has opened two tenders seeking 2.5GW of renewable energy generation and 12GWh of long-duration energy storage, marking the largest generation procurement in the state’s history under its Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap.

Large-scale BESS projects have been progressed in Italy, Romania, Germany, Poland, Denmark and elsewhere in Europe, totalling around 1GW under construction, 1GWh soon to be, and another 1GWh at earlier stages.

Ford Energy, the wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company and developer EDF power solutions North America have announced a five-year battery energy storage system (BESS) supply agreement.

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Chinese industrial automation and power technology firm Inovance Technology has filed its prospectus with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, planning to raise around US$2 billion (RMB 13.7 billion) following strong growth in its energy storage business.

The Japanese association of grid operators has selected 19 battery storage projects totalling 1,251MW in the third running of a national capacity market auction.

Swedish independent power producer (IPP) OX2 has confirmed it has started construction activities at the 100MW/300MWh Muswellbrook solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Canadian Solar intends to double its battery energy storage system (BESS) division’s manufacturing capacity, the company’s new CEO has said.

Spanish developer and independent power producer (IPP) Zelestra has energised its 1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

China-based Rept Battero has officially opened its lithium-ion cell and BESS manufacturing facility in Indonesia.