The North American arm of Italy-based energy firm Enel has secured a PPA with a Boston Properties (BXP) for part of a solar-plus-storage project in the ERCOT, Texas market, which has a 104MW BESS.

Prices of lithium and the battery supply chain for energy storage systems are becoming manageable once again, but lead times for transformers and other equipment have greatly extended.

System integrator Fluence and Norwegian state-owned power firm Statkraft have partnered on a 4-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) in Ireland, the market’s first.

UK-based investor Gore Street Capital has identified Poland, Hungary and Austria as markets of interest in the CEE region, investment principal John-Michael Cheshire told Energy-Storage.news in a Q&A.

Developer NGEN is deploying the largest battery storage projects in Slovenia, Austria and Croatia, and wants to take its model beyond CEE too, CEO and co-founder Roman Bernard said.

CPS Energy, a municipal utility serving San Antonio, Texas, has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 500MW of energy storage projects.

Fluence president Americas John Zahurancik spoke with Energy-Storage.news at RE+ 2023 last week, discussing a broad range of industry talking points.

Developer Redeux Energy Partners has enlisted Marathon Capital to sell a solar and storage portfolio with 160MW/640MWh of battery storage in the MISO and SERC grid territories. 

The Poland arm of UK-based developer Harmony Energy is looking to bid in around 500MW of battery storage projects into the upcoming capacity market auction, executive director Michał Maćkowiak said.

A multi-year offtake deal and technology partnership between Kore Power and Nidec were among the flurry of deals announced at RE+ last week.