The flagship Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has been granted Generator Performance Standard (GPS) approval.

The noise of battery energy storage system (BESS) technology has “exploded” as a concern in the last six months, an executive from system integrator Wartsila ES&O said.

Hyperstrong, the largest BESS system integrator in China, is targeting the US energy storage market after becoming one of the largest providers globally.

Battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution has started construction on its gigafactory in Arizona, US, which will have 17GWh of production dedicated to the energy storage system (ESS) market.

The BESS ‘land grab’ looks set to continue as Tier 2 companies vie for market share before countries potentially curb imports from China, with one developer suggesting the recent CATL-Duke Energy case will “not be unique”.

Optimisation company Flower has acquired a 42.5MW/42.5MWh BESS project from developer OX2 in Sweden, a milestone deal for both companies.

Europe’s big battery storage year leads this shorter than usual Friday Briefing, with Solar Media’s offices closed for a short break.

BESS price falls have pushed many marginal projects in merchant markets into a rate of return needed for investment, US developer Available Power told Energy-Storage.news amidst the sale process for its own 100MW/200MWh ERCOT project.

Developer Columbus Energy and Ukraine-based energy investor DTEK have agreed terms for a 133MW/532MWh BESS project in Poland, one of several to have won long-term capacity market contracts in the last 18 months.