Australian electricity retailer AGL Energy confirmed yesterday (14 August) it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Firm Power along with solar PV developer Terrain Solar.

Recent revisions to the UK’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) could boost the deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS), said developer Root-Power’s managing director Neil Brooks.

We hear from battery energy storage system (BESS) investor BW ESS about its recent seven year tolling deal in the UK, the longest seen yet in the market.

The Board of Investments (BOI) in the Philippines has given a ‘green lane certificate’ for a solar and storage project slated as the largest in the world, enabling it to proceed at a quicker pace.

Investor SUSI Partners will fund the development of a battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio in Chile, totalling 860MW of power and and up to 3.5GWh of energy storage capacity.

Sports car company Porsche has deployed a 10MWh BESS at its factory in Germany using batteries from its Taycan vehicle line.

Executives from battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Fluence discussed the company’s recent third quarter results in an earnings call with analysts.

The 12th and final turbine unit of a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Hebei, China, has been put into full operation, making it the largest operational system in the world.

Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation’s software lead, Ruchira Shah, speaks to ESN Premium about the newest iteration of the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

A huge buildout of transmission infrastructure is needed for decarbonisation, and transmission-connected batteries have a big role to play, writes EDF Renewables UK’s Matthew Boulton.