A 1.6GWh grid-forming battery energy storage system has received EPBC Act approval in Queensland, Australia.

Form Energy has signed a 12GWh supply agreement in the US for its iron-air batteries with AI data centre infrastructure developer Crusoe.

Sungrow has signed an agreement with Romanian energy solutions provider ENEVO Group to supply 1GWh of BESS across projects in Romania.

IPP Akuo will soon start building a 2.75-hour BESS project in Borba, Portugal, integrated into its 181MW Santas solar PV plant.

Iberdrola has added its 360MWh Broadsound battery energy storage system (BESS) to AEMO’s Market Management System (MMS).

esVolta has closed a US$139.6 million project financing package with MUFG Bank for its 300MWh Boxcar energy storage project in Texas, US.

BESS fund manager Gore Street Capital’s director of asset management Daniel Sherlock-Burke recently discussed the work it is doing around capturing and making use of its huge quantities of operational data.

Ukraine’s need for energy storage presents opportunities for brave investors, Energy-Storage.news hears from Vadym Utkin, energy storage lead at DTEK.

Transgrid has shortlisted nine utility-scale battery storage projects, totalling up to 2GW, to provide critical system strength services.

American Battery Factory (AFB) has secured offtake agreements for 4.5GWh of its initial 5.5GWh US factory output.