We hear from Gresham House and optimisers Capalo AI and Flower on the BESS industry’s move away from merchant-only models towards more contracted revenues.

Akaysha Energy has closed financing for a battery storage project in New South Wales, Australia that is planned to be in excess of 1,660MWh capacity.

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MoEWR) of Somalia has issued a competitive tender for the provision of solar and storage technology at 46 different sites in the country.

Emerging energy storage markets across Asia face a similar learning curve today as their maturing counterparts have done in the past.

Utility Southern California Edison is considering withholding liquidated damages from Ameresco after continued delays to 537.5MW/2,150MWh BESS portfolio.

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) specialist The Mobility House is moving into large-scale BESS project development and optimisation in Germany, starting with a 750MW project.

Octopus Group’s first standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Australia has won local approval in Queensland.

Powin will supply 880MWh of its BESS technology for a project developed by US utility DTE Energy in Michigan, US.

Independent power producer (IPP) Grenergy has reached financial close on phase one and two of its Oasis de Atacama BESS and solar project in Chile, which will eventually reach 4.1GWh.

PV manufacturer Canadian Solar will provide 705MWh of its BESS technology for three projects in Nova Scotia, Canada, and another 498MWh for a project in Texas, US.