Oil & gas major TotalEnergies and Canadian Solar have received key state-level approvals for large-scale solar PV-plus-energy storage projects in New South Wales, Australia.

The government of New South Wales has signed a land lease agreement for a long-duration advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project.

NYSE-listed battery startup Freyr has pivoted strategy and acquired a 5GW solar module facility in Texas, US, from Chinese firm Trina Solar, the same day that Donald Trump was declared to have won the presidential election (6 November).

Victoria, Australia, has secured the largest allocation of dispatchable power in the upcoming Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS), with 1.7GW/6.8GWh for energy storage.

Capacity market (CM) auctions have concluded in Italy and Belgium and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects won the lion’s share of new contracts.

The City of Green Bay in Wisconsin, US, has granted a Conditional Use Permit for a large-scale battery storage project proposed by a subsidiary of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).

BESS is key to the UK’s net zero goals but significant challenges for the industry remain, writes Harmony Energy’s Peter Kavanagh.

Saudi Arabia’s government entity tasked with procuring electricity generation projects has commenced the qualification process for a 2GW/8GWh battery storage tender.

The newly elected Queensland government has pulled the plug on what would have been the world’s largest pumped hydro energy storage project (PHES) with a capacity of 120GWh.