The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has initiated a programme to encourage battery energy storage systems (BESS) and other inverter-based resources to adopt grid-forming technology.

LG Energy Solution’s US battery storage system integrator arm has signed a 1.5GW/6GWh deal with Michigan utility DTE Energy.

IPP ContourGlobal has put a solar-plus-storage project in Chile with a 6.5-hour BESS into commercial operation in Chile.

Chinese system integrator HyperStrong has been contracted to work on a 100MW/440MWh battery storage project in Malaysia.

RWE has received official sign-off from the AEMO and Transgrid to operate Australia’s first 8-hour BESS at full capacity.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a 400MW/3,200MWh grid-scale battery storage project through the state planning agency’s Opt-In Certification Program.

The US can currently produce enough solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) modules to meet domestic demand, according to clean energy trade body American Clean Power (ACP).

Adani Green Energy has commissioned over 3GWh of battery storage at the world’s largest single-location renewable energy project, in Khavda, Gujarat. 

MGA Thermal and Knode have commenced a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study for a 195MWh electro-thermal energy storage project at Tronox’s Kwinana facility in Western Australia.

While Germany is often described as the ‘hottest’ energy storage market in Europe, growing uncertainty on multiple policy and regulatory topics has led to a ‘cooling’ of investor interest.