Power purchase agreements (PPAs) have increasingly shown their limitations, and energy storage and flexibility resources can offer a solution, writes John Diklev, founder and CEO of Sweden-based optimiser and flexibility asset operator Flower.

ESN Premium hears from independent power producer (IPP) Econergy about its expansion from solar into BESS across Europe.

EDP Renewables North America has announced a land purchase agreement for the 75MWac, 300MWh Edgeware energy storage project in St. Thomas, Ontario, CA. Meanwhile, SolarBank has announced its first BESS in the province, with construction expected to commence 10 February.

BESS developer-operator S4 Energy has put a 4-hour duration project online in the Netherlands, the first in the country to become operational.

Tesla and Sumitomo Electric have both been selected to supply energy storage projects in Japan. Tesla will supply Megapacks for a BESS project while Sumitomo will deploy a 12MWh vanadium flow battery.

IPPs BrightNight and Cordelio have announced a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 300MW solar and 1,200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility with utility Arizona Public Service (APS), in Arizona, US.

Developer-operator GridStor has acquired a 150MW/300MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Texas, US from Balanced Rock Power (BRP).

European battery optimisation and energy trading service provider enspired has partnered with battery analytics company volytica diagnostics.

The government of Estonia will financially back a 500MW pumped hydro energy storage project to meet the country’s need for long-duration energy storage, as the Baltics prepare to disconnect from Russia’s grid this weekend.

The CEO and founder of KORE Power has resigned, while the vertically integrated battery storage startup has put its Arizona factory site up for sale.