Developer and operator EsVolta has secured a US$185 million senior secured credit facility for its US battery energy storage system (BESS) project pipeline.

A second life energy storage assembly plant has opened in Germany, amidst a rapid fall in battery prices which could threaten the economics of repurposing EV batteries into stationary units.

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

Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has closed funding for its Valley of Fire Fund, raising US$600 million in capital commitments from what it called “leading US and European institutional investors”.

US-based startups Torus and Alysm Energy have raised a combined US$145 million to scale up their non-lithium energy storage technology businesses.

Gas and geothermal plant operator Calpine Corporation will bring 510MW of its 680MW capacity battery energy storage system (BESS) project in California online in summer 2024, with BYD battery units.

Developer Monsson Group and system integrator Prime Batteries Technology have inaugurated a 6MW/24MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Romania, the country’s largest.

This Friday Briefing discusses energy storage companies getting new ownership, and how the right owners or investors bring a ‘synergy advantage’.

Developer Elements Green has secured preliminary planning approval for a 400MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Germany.

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