Spanish utility Iberdrola’s subsidiary Avangrid has announced plans to construct a 41MW/82MWh BESS facility in Gilliam County, Oregon.

EnBW and VPI have launched construction on large-scale BESS projects in Germany, while Elements Green and Eku Energy have agreed supply and acquisition deals respectively for separate 400MW/1,600MWh projects.

Axpo and e-Storage have partnered on a BESS in southern Italy, RES Group has signed a full-scope battery asset management agreement in Sweden, while R.Power has agreed to sell a Poland BESS project to Engie.

On 29 June, the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA) and the China Automotive Battery Industry Innovation Alliance jointly released the ‘Initiative on Standardising Supplier Payment Practices for Power and Stationary Storage Battery Enterprises.’

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen Australia has begun construction of a 215MW/963MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its 440MWp Culcairn Solar Farm in New South Wales, Australia.

BlackRock-backed developer Akaysha Energy has announced that its 1,660MWh Orana BESS has reached commercial operations in Australia.

The European Union (EU) has announced a tripartite agreement to accelerate energy storage deployments in the next two years.

Envision has signed a 660MWh BESS supply agreement with SOLA Group and construction company WBHO in South Africa’s Free State.

Australian utility AGL Energy has submitted a 100MWh BESS in New South Wales for federal environmental assessment under the EPBC Act.

OptiGrid’s Sahand Karimi examines why state of charge & algorithm quality drove divergent outcomes during SA1’s AU$20,300/MWh price cap on 21 June.