Progress on BESS projects in Saudi Arabia and Chile totalling a combined 16GWh of energy storage capacity using Sungrow and BYD batteries has been revealed by the projects’ owners.

Brian Cashion at Firetrace International on community engagement and local support, essential to battery storage deployment.

ACE Power has submitted a 2,000MWh BESS in Queensland to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

US non-lithium battery technology companies Eos Energy Enterprises and Unigrid have announced partnerships to deploy their tech abroad, striking deals in the UK and India respectively.

Power generation firm Hidroelectrica has enlisted local firms Prime Batteries Technology and Enevo to deploy a large-scale BESS project in Romania.

A proposed landowner-led 576MWh solar-plus-storage site in Tasmania has been added to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

ESN speaks with IHI Terrasun on the impact of reciprocal tariffs on the US BESS supply chain and how that supply chain could be impacted soon.

Wisconsin, US utility Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) is partnering with We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) to purchase 30MW of solar capacity and 16.5MW of battery storage from the High Noon Solar Energy Centre.

Colorado-based IPP Korsail Energy has been dealt a blow in its quest to develop a 320MWh hybrid solar-BESS project in the Centennial State.

European Investment Bank has committed €108 million to upgrades at a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Extremadura, Spain.