BESS developer-operator S4 Energy has put a 4-hour duration project online in the Netherlands, the first in the country to become operational.

Tesla and Sumitomo Electric have both been selected to supply energy storage projects in Japan. Tesla will supply Megapacks for a BESS project while Sumitomo will deploy a 12MWh vanadium flow battery.

IPPs BrightNight and Cordelio have announced a new power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 300MW solar and 1,200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility with utility Arizona Public Service (APS), in Arizona, US.

Developer-operator GridStor has acquired a 150MW/300MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Texas, US from Balanced Rock Power (BRP).

European battery optimisation and energy trading service provider enspired has partnered with battery analytics company volytica diagnostics.

The government of Estonia will financially back a 500MW pumped hydro energy storage project to meet the country’s need for long-duration energy storage, as the Baltics prepare to disconnect from Russia’s grid this weekend.

The CEO and founder of KORE Power has resigned, while the vertically integrated battery storage startup has put its Arizona factory site up for sale.

Renewable energy developer Ampyr Australia has secured Shell Energy Australia’s remaining stake in the 1GWh Wellington battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a whitepaper recommending the US deploy 10 million distributed solar installations and reach 700GWh of installed storage capacity by 2030.

IPP Enfinity Global has announced two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas, US with a total capacity of 425MW/850MWh.