Switzerland-based institutional investment group SUSI Partners has entered a development deal for two large-scale solar-plus-storage hybrid power plants in Chile.

The national electric utility of Senegal, Senelec, has signed a 20-year capacity change agreement (CCA) with developer Infinity Power for a 40MW/160MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has approved the deployment of 430MW of 4-hour duration BESS technology, according to reports.

Developer Kyon Energy has claimed the largest approved BESS in Europe for a 275MWh project in Germany, just as regulators extend grid fee exemptions for energy storage by three years to 2029.

Eskom, the public utility company of South Africa, has inaugurated a 20MW/100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) aimed at mitigating the challenging situation facing the country’s grid.

This edition of our news in brief focuses on activities in the long-duration energy storage space.

The Central Electricity Authority of India’s report identifies potential for bidirectional EV charging to serve as a grid resource.

The US Bureau of Land Management has advanced on 15 clean energy projects, with two solar PV and storage plants operational in California.

New-build battery storage projects from three developers totalling 357MW awarded contracts in Belgium’s latest capacity market auction.

Georgia Power update to its integrated resource plan (IRP) would see the company procure up to 1GW of battery storage resources.