Perhaps best known outside the US for peaches and its emergence as a rival to Hollywood, Georgia is also thirsty for electric capacity and has become a hub for battery manufacturing, writes Allan Oduor of Enertis Applus+.

Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co (MSEDCL) has launched a multi-gigawatt battery storage tender supported by Viability Gap Funding (VGF).

Australia’s minister for climate change and energy, Chris Bowen, has confirmed that the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) will be upsized from 32GW to 40GW.

The government of Portugal has announced plans to invest €400 million (US$466 million) to improve its grid management capabilities and increase its battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity.

Tesla energy storage division saw its highest quarterly gross profits as the company’s automotive business continued to see dampened demand.

The New South Wales government has announced plans to launch a new tender seeking 500MW of firming capacity, seeking bids from battery energy storage, gas and virtual power plants (VPP).

Renalfa IPP has secured a €315 million (US$367 million) financing package from an EBRD-led consortium to support a 1.6GW renewables, 3.3GWh BESS rollout in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and North Macedonia.

California’s largest electric utility is continuing its push to establish a net-zero energy system by 2040, finalising an offtake agreement for 1.8GWh of battery storage capacity with Aypa Power.

Australia-based battery energy storage system (BESS) developer, owner and operator Stor-Energy has announced plans to build a 1,449MWh 8-hour duration BESS.

Greater deployment of renewable energy and battery storage in Illinois would help mitigate soaring costs of capacity market auctions in PJM Interconnection territory.