Thermal energy storage (TES) technology provider Antora Energy has closed a US$550 million Series C funding round to accelerate deployment of its thermal battery storage systems for industrial facilities and data centres in the US.

We caught up with Peter Kavanagh, CEO of BESS developer Harmony Energy, after it was acquired by Switzerland-headquartered power group Alpiq. 

1414 Degrees has signed a deal to develop up to 1GW of AI data centre infrastructure at its Aurora Energy Precinct in South Australia.

Infrastructure and construction company Aecon Group has executed an agreement with Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for the 150MW/1,200MWh Simcoe energy storage project in Norfolk County, Ontario.

IPP Eolian has begun construction on Flint Grid, a 200MW/1.06GWh energy storage project in Jersey Township, Licking County, Ohio, US.

How do Chinese OEMs respond to evolving customer requirements and new risks that come with business outside their home market? We sat down with executives from Rept Battero at Intersolar in June to discuss. 

Alcemi, developer of some of the UK’s biggest projects, has entered the Romanian battery storage market, while Slovakia’s biggest project to date has gone into operation.

Power firm Axpo and IPP Zelestra have entered into a long-term toll for a BESS project in northern Italy, Zelestra’s second deal in July.

LG Energy Solution (LG ES) posted a profitable second quarter this year, with investments in battery storage in the US and EV cell production in Europe paying off.

Large data centres should serve as “anchor tenants” for new renewable energy generation, storage, and transmission investment, leveraging the scale and longevity of digital infrastructure commitments to advance energy projects rather than waiting for supply to arrive.