Another edition of news in brief, this time from the UK’s booming large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) market.

Banpu NEXT is targeting the Asia-Pacific region’s battery-based clean energy opportunities with battery manufacturer Durapower.

Optionality is key for battery storage developers and owners when considering project augmentation, leading system integrators to enhance their augmentation offering.

Hy Stor Energy is seeking funding from the US Department of Energy for its Mississippi Clean Hydrogen Hub (MCHH), a green hydrogen storage project.

UK-based utility Octopus Energy will optimise UK battery storage projects for UAE-based Masdar, which has committed to investing £1 billion (US$1.25 million) in the country’s grid-scale market.

Oil and gas firm TotalEnergies has enlisted subsidiary Saft to deploy a 25MW/75MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at a refinery in Antwerp, Belgium.

Global battery storage system integrator Fluence doubled its revenues in the first three months of 2023 and increased its full-year guidance again.

Revenues for zinc battery firm Eos Energy Enterprises rebounded in the first three months of 2023, having fallen sharply in Q4 2022.

Envision Energy has partnered with Harmony Energy Income Trust to provide battery energy storage systems (BESS) for projects in the UK.

French renewable energy company Voltalia has completed the expansion of a renewable energy plant in French Guiana, adding a battery energy storage system (BESS) of 10.6MWh.