A 10MW/50MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) spread across two substations in Slovenia has started a trial and testing period.

Neoen has been contracted by AGL to provide a “virtual” charge or discharge of a battery system in Australia. 

SECI has launched a 500MW/1,000MWh pilot tender for standalone battery storage.

Facilities aimed at making products for the BESS industry announced by Turkey-headquartered Kontrolmatik and Ireland-headquartered Eaton.

Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy, The European Associate for Storage of Energy (EASE), Solar Power Europe and Wind Europe have together called on the European Commission to recognise energy storage’s crucial role for the security of energy supply in Europe.

Battery energy storage is load shifting up to 6GWh a day on the California ISO (CAISO) grid, storage sector manager Gabe Murtaugh told Energy-storage.news, as the operator considers a market design change linked to batteries’ state of charge (SoC).

EnergyAustralia will control and operate two large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in a portfolio in development by Edify Energy. 

The newest frequency service launched by the UK’s National Grid Electricity System Operator has gone live.

Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission has approved Invenergy 300MW solar farm, to be paired with a 165MW battery energy storage system.

Global system integrator Fluence has acquired AI-enabled, renewable energy software-as-a-service provider Nispera, tripling its digital portfolio of assets contracted or managed since February to 15GW.