Solar company SolarMax Technology’s wholly owned subsidiary, SolarMax Renewable Energy Provider, has entered into two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreements for battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Puerto Rico.

It’s our first week back to normal service so here’s a roundup of the past few weeks of BESS action in Europe, with projects moving forward in Romania, Denmark, UK, France, Spain, Albania, Germany and Austria.

An energy storage subsidiary of Waaree Energies has raised INR10 billion (US$110.9 million) for a planned manufacturing plant in India.

Technology provider Dalian Rongke Power (Rongke Power) and infrastructure developer China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) have brought online the world’s first gigawatt-hour-scale flow battery energy storage project.

Google parent company Alphabet has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Intersect Power.

IPP Zelestra and utility EDP’s recent PPA deal for a solar-plus-storage project in Spain was the first of its kind in Europe and ‘moves the market forward’, a Zelestra executive told Energy-Storage.news.

French renewable energy power producer Voltalia has begun construction of its Artemisya “strategic cluster” project in Uzbekistan, Central Asia.

Anita Li, vice president of Jinko ESS, reflects on a ‘transformational year’ in which the energy storage arm of the vertically integrated solar manufacturer continued to expand.  

The renewables and energy storage teams at US EPC firm Burns & McDonnell tackle our annual Year in Review Q&A series.

Energy and infrastructure investor Glenfarne Group has bought a portfolio of solar PV and co-located BESS projects in Chile from Greece-headquartered firm Metlen Energy & Metals.