Real estate platform and energy storage investor Prologis Energy has sold a 400MW/800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Alvin, Texas, US.

BBVA has signed a deal to establish a revenue structure for a new thermal energy storage (TES) technology demonstration project.

IPP R.Power Renewables will launch construction on large-scale BESS projects in Romania and Poland in the second half of this year, while Electrica is procuring EPC works for its own BESS project.

The electricity regulator for Rajasthan, India, has approved the lowest tariff rate for a battery storage tender in the country so far.

Developer Ilmatar and investor Nuveen Infrastructure have put a 30MW/41MWh BESS in northern Finland into commercial operation.

BESS technology continues to advance, but the energy industry needs to change its thinking about O&M to capture the full potential, writes Jeremy Williams of IHI Power Services.

After months of deliberation and analysis, the California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved the first project reviewed as part of its opt-in certification scheme.

Infrastructure investor I4B and utility Luminus have closed the financing and launched construction on a 150MW/600MWh BESS project in Belgium.

Aslan Energy Capital will develop a 40MW data centre with a 120MWh BESS in a deal with Indonesia’s Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung.

Atmos Renewables has awarded construction company GenusPlus Group an AU$65 million (US$42 million) contract to build the 400MWh Merredin battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia.