Energy Dome is advancing a 10-hour CO2 Battery project in Arizona, with SRP and Google, while Invinity announces the sale of North America’s largest VRFB, in California.

AESC has announced a strategic supply partnership with BESS system integrator Prevalon Energy.

Ontario, Canada’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has secured 640MW of new capacity through three projects selected under the capacity stream of the Second Long-Term Request for Proposals (LT2).

Virginia’s biggest standalone BESS comes online, Cypress Creek raises funding for a gigawatt-scale hybrid resource, and Kore Power’s mobile solutions subsidiary is sold, in this edition of news in brief.

Western Power has started construction on 18 community battery energy storage systems across Perth and Bunbury in Western Australia.

The NSW Energy Security Corporation has deployed its first investment, committing AU$100 million to a large-scale battery storage platform.

There has been another twist in the long-running saga of Wärtsilä’s energy storage business and how the company aims to run it going forward.

Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic intends to convert its electric vehicle (EV) battery cell manufacturing facility in Kansas, US, to produce batteries for data centre applications, beginning Q3 of 2029.

Legislation to create an incentive programme for behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage in New Jersey has been advanced by the US state’s Senate Environment and Energy Committee.  

What is driving and shaping European BESS project financing and M&A this year?