Nearly 70% of the 4.5GW/12.7GWh of grid-scale BESS that came online across the globe last month was in China.

IPPs Greenvolt and European Energy have finalised financial deals for solar-plus-storage projects in Denmark and Latvia, while Olana and Energix have enlisted optimisers for BESS projects in Lithuania and Poland, respectively.

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Swift Current Energy has secured US$242 million for what the developer claimed will be the biggest BESS project in the PJM service area.

Three companies, Ultion Technologies, Ultium Cells and SK On have recently announced plans to begin manufacturing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells in the US.

Two US-headquartered solar and sustainability-focused investors have launched GSSG Chikuden, a utility-scale battery storage developer, in Japan.

Invinity Energy Systems believes partnering with a Chinese materials and manufacturing company will enable significant cost reduction of its vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology.

Major Australian energy generator-retailer EnergyAustralia has sold a 50% share in its 1,400MWh Wooreen battery energy storage system (BESS) to Thailand-based energy firm Banpu Public Company.

Jinko ESS has announced the signing of a framework agreement with leading industrial and energy company METLEN, consolidating the two companies’ strategic partnership in utility-scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).