Distributed energy company Scale Microgrids has closed US$275 million to support 140MW of distributed generation projects, including battery storage installations in several US states.

Developer Ilmatar and investor Nuveen Infrastructure have put a 30MW/41MWh BESS in northern Finland into commercial operation.

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) officially opened its hugely anticipated fourth Green Energy Auction (GEA-4) round to registrants earlier this week.

After months of deliberation and analysis, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved the first project reviewed as part of its opt-in certification scheme.

Power generation firm RWE has put a BESS in the Netherlands into commercial operation, its first that is capable of providing inertia to the grid.

US tax credits for energy storage projects could be retained even if solar PV, wind and electric vehicle (EV) incentives face cuts.

Aslan Energy Capital will develop a 40MW data centre with a 120MWh BESS in a deal with Indonesia’s Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung.

The financial close of two significant large-scale projects in Egypt could mark progress for the country’s nascent energy storage sector.

The question of where the cells in a BESS are from ties in to safety, performance, design and, increasingly, potential tariffs.

A district network heating operator in Finland has commissioned a 1MW/100MWh thermal energy storage project using novel ‘Sand Battery’ technology from Polar Night Energy.