Spanish utility Iberdrola’s subsidiary Avangrid has announced plans to construct a 41MW/82MWh BESS facility in Gilliam County, Oregon.

EnBW and VPI have launched construction on large-scale BESS projects in Germany, while Elements Green and Eku Energy have agreed supply and acquisition deals respectively for separate 400MW/1,600MWh projects.

Axpo and e-Storage have partnered on a BESS in southern Italy, RES Group has signed a full-scope battery asset management agreement in Sweden, while R.Power has agreed to sell a Poland BESS project to Engie.

On 29 June, the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA) and the China Automotive Battery Industry Innovation Alliance jointly released the ‘Initiative on Standardising Supplier Payment Practices for Power and Stationary Storage Battery Enterprises.’

Two recent microgrid projects highlight the expanding role of flow batteries, with Quino Energy deploying organic flow batteries in the Maldives and the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians integrating zinc hybrid cathode storage in Northern California.

Envision has signed a 660MWh BESS supply agreement with SOLA Group and construction company WBHO in South Africa’s Free State.

OptiGrid’s Sahand Karimi examines why state of charge & algorithm quality drove divergent outcomes during SA1’s AU$20,300/MWh price cap on 21 June.

IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has announced that its US subsidiary Clēnera Holdings has entered into a debt financing framework agreement for the CO Bar Complex in Arizona, US.

UK energy regulator Ofgem has shortlisted 16 projects for the first ever long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme, totalling 7.6GW of capacity ranging from 8- to 22-hour durations.

Energy Dome has signed its second low-carbon energy supply contract with Google.