The electricity regulator for Rajasthan, India, has approved the lowest tariff rate for a battery storage tender in the country so far.

South Australia is preparing to launch a new LDES tender seeking projects with a minimum of 30MW and at least 8 hours in duration.

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) officially opened its hugely anticipated fourth Green Energy Auction (GEA-4) round to registrants earlier this week.

Huawei Digital Power has successfully commissioned what it claims is Cambodia’s first grid-forming battery energy storage system (BESS) certified by TÜV SÜD.

Aslan Energy Capital will develop a 40MW data centre with a 120MWh BESS in a deal with Indonesia’s Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung.

Atmos Renewables has awarded construction company GenusPlus Group an AU$65 million (US$42 million) contract to build the 400MWh Merredin battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia.

The question of where the cells in a BESS are from ties in to safety, performance, design and, increasingly, potential tariffs.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has started operations at its 270MW/540MWh Western Downs stage one battery energy storage system (BESS) in Queensland, Australia.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has successfully implemented a new rule in the National Electricity Market (NEM) incentivising participants to provide “helpful” impacts on frequency.

Renewable energy developer Acen Australia has received consent from the New South Wales IPC for a 640MWh wind-plus-storage project.