Australia’s government has made a AU$100 million (US$66.35 million) investment into the Waratah Super Battery, part of a total AU$500 million capital raise by the project’s developer.

Construction has begun on a 30MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Finland, developed by Glennmont Partners, local IPP Ilmatar, and deployed by ESS firm Alfen.

A state agency in Estonia has provided €5.2 million (US$5.7 million) in grants for 10 energy storage projects, including a 4MW/8MWh battery storage project from utility Eesti Energia.

The Philippines has turned its focus onto transitioning its energy sector to larger shares of renewable energy. Carlos Nieto of ABB writes about how the company delivered a 60MW battery storage project in alignment with that aim.

Leeward Renewable Energy has signed 15-year PPA with utility Southern California Edison for a 126MW battery storage project in Kern County.

Leyline Renewable Capital has provided loans to developers RAI Energy and Grid Connected Infrastructure (GCI) for solar and storage projects.

Developers Emeren and Matrix Renewables, part of private equity firm TPG, intend to launch a development service agreement (DSA) for 1.5GW of battery storage in Italy.

Ontario’s electric system operator has announced the award of contracts to a further eight battery storage projects in expedited RFP.

Germany-based battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Intilion is planning to go public with an IPO in the third quarter of the year.

The Italian grid-scale energy storage market is set to become one of the most active in Europe in the next few years having been close to non-existent until now.