Madison Gas and Electric has purchased a solar and battery storage plant with combined capacity of 465MW with WEC Energy Group.

UK utility SSE has put £100 million (US$123 million) into its Coire Glas pumped hydro project in Scotland for pre-construction activities, but said that new policy is needed for it go to final investment decision (FID).

At World Smart Energy Week in Japan last week CATL, Jinkosolar and Sungrow exhibited battery storage products.

Battery storage projects at least 1GWh of capacity have been proposed or progressed in Australia by companies Synergy, SkyLab and the Queensland government.

The US is now taking the stance on climate change its European counterparts have been demanding for years, the Department of Energy’s Jigar Shah told Energy-Storage.news in a wide-ranging interview.

Gotion High-Tech has continued recent moves into new markets across Asia, signing a deal with Japan’s Edison Power.

Electriq Power, a US provider of battery storage solutions, has secured a deal that could be worth more than US$300 million.

The government of New Zealand considering viability of pumped hydro among its options to plug energy deficits of between 3TWh and 5TWh.

The European Commission has cleared an investment by Canadian pension fund BCI into Eku Energy, a new utility-scale BESS platform launched by Macquarie last year.