‘Not all providers are equal’ and using different ones for the same project has not proved problematic when it comes to BESS project augmentation, an executive from investment manager Gresham House said.

Eku Energy has seen its development application for a 250MW/500MWh BESS in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), approved.

According to Mercom Capital, companies in the energy storage space raised US$15.4 billion in corporate funding globally in the first half of 2024.

A project combining gas turbines and BESS technology in the Czech Republic has been put into commercial operation.

Italian renewables company Redelfi has launched an energy storage development platform in the US, while US investor Bluestar Energy Capital has entered the European market.

In this Q&A, Enel North America CEO Paolo Romanacci discusses the IPP’s operational BESS projects, pipeline and deployments as well as his views on wider US industry challenges.

System integrator Ameresco has completed and put into commercial operation eight battery energy storage system (BESS) projects for utility United Power in Colorado, US.

Peak Energy, a startup claiming to be the ‘first American venture to advance globally proven sodium-ion battery systems,’ has raised US$55 million in a Series A funding round.

Developer Harmony Energy is set to build a 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in France, the country’s largest.

Project owners Quinbrook and Primergy have put their 1.4GWh Gemini solar-plus-storage project in Nevada online, claiming it is the largest such project in the US.