Long-duration energy storage (LDES) development and investment company Frontier Power USA (FPUSA) has exercised its exclusive Selection Right with respect to four BESS projects from clean energy platform Stella Energy Solutions.

Switzerland-headquartered power firm Alpiq will acquire a 90% stake in UK-based BESS developer-operator Harmony Energy.

Field and Pulse Clean Energy have each advanced UK battery storage projects this week, with a combined capacity of over 1.3GWh.

L-H Battery Company commenced lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell production at its Jeffersonville, Ohio, US plant this month, for automotive and stationary power applications.

This edition of news in brief features portfolio acquisitions, project completions, a supply deal and investments across Europe.

Dutch long-duration energy storage (LDES) developer Elestor has partnered with Windpark Zeewolde to deploy a 20MW/200-800MWh hydrogen-iron flow battery storage system at what is described as Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.

Waratah Super Battery developer Akaysha Energy and partners have begun construction of a large-scale battery project in Fukuoka, Japan.

Arash Shojaie of QIC Infrastructure outlines how Queensland’s North West Energy Fund will approach cost reduction, technology selection and more.

System integrator HyperStrong will deploy sodium-ion BESS first in its home market of China, before bringing a product to the international markets, its president of technology said.

Developers must use all the tools at their disposal and be aware of the frontline climate risks that battery storage projects in Southeast Asia will be subject to.