The first of 46 solar minigrids planned in Angola has been inaugurated by João Baptista Borges, the African country’s Minister of Energy and Water.

A subsidiary of utility Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has struck a deal with Amazon to construct 3GW of new dispatchable capacity, with the aim of serving the tech company’s planned data center expansion.

Jason Beer of Fluence Australia, discusses some energy trends in Australia that are set to influence the development of the storage market.

The Municipality of Shuniah in Ontario, Canada, voted against supporting a 400MW/3.2GWh long-duration energy storage project proposed by PowerBank.

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has issued a resolution and order requiring the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) to complete the Accelerated Battery Energy Storage Addition Programme (ASAP).

The World Bank will invest in a huge 4GW, 5.12GWh solar-plus-storage complex in Malaysia, part of a pan-Southeast Asian power grid initiative.

The Australian government has officially opened CIS Tender 8, targeting 16GWh of energy storage capacity across the NEM.

The Township Board of Oshtemo in Michigan has voted in favour of enacting a one-year moratorium on the approval of any new BESS facilities. 

The Western Australian government has launched the first stage of an Expression of Interest (EOI) process for a 50MW/500MWh vanadium flow battery energy storage system (VBESS) in Kalgoorlie.

Potentia Energy has received federal environmental approval for its 1,000MWh Tallawang Solar Hybrid project, and Fluence has delivered its Gridstack battery energy storage equipment to Ampyr Australia’s 600MWh Bulabul Battery installation.