The US utility-scale battery storage sector achieved its highest-ever annual deployments in 2022, a year in which solar PV and wind underperformed against expectations.

Managing your battery energy storage system (BESS) supply chain is a complex issue with no easy fixes, according to leading developers, system integrators and investors.

Developer PowerField’s first large-scale battery storage projects in the Netherlands will be installed at solar PV parks, allowing them to connect to an otherwise congested grid network.

DIF Capital Partners, together with ib vogt, has agreed to acquire a 100% interest in the largest UK co-located solar and battery portfolio from Cero Generation and Enso Energy.

Alberta-based developer Enfinite has commissioned two grid-scale battery storage projects in the Canadian province.

Infradebt has made the first close of a fund dedicated to investing in large-scale battery storage projects around Australia.

The broader portfolio and management team are critical to securing investment for individual energy storage projects, said senior figures at asset managers Blackrock and Impax.

Energy storage and smart grid solutions firm Alfen is deploying a 30MW/68MWh battery storage project in the Netherlands for commissioning later this year, the largest under construction in the country.

Trina Storage is developing an energy management system (EMS) as a major strategic priority for its business.

There is more work to be done on ensuring alignment between maximising grid-scale battery revenue and maximising system benefits, said panellists on Day 2 of the Energy Storage Summit.