A growing industry trend towards larger battery cell sizes and higher energy density containers is contributing significantly to falling battery energy storage system (BESS) costs.
The cancellation of the 5GW/120GWh Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro Project in Queensland, Australia, has seen power price forecasts jump by over 60% for 2035.
Utility Rocky Mountain Power (RMP) and technology provider Torus have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlining a strategic partnership and exploration of 70MW of demand response capacity using Torus’ energy storage solutions.
Engineering group Gamuda and infrastructure developer Ferrovial have been signed up in an early contractor involvement (ECI) deal for a 12GWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project being developed in Queensland.
TotalEnergies, a French energy major, is seeking approval from the federal government’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act for a 320MW solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales, Australia.
The IRS has released an amended cost breakdown of BESS to be used for calculating if a product qualifies for domestic content tax credit incentives, with an increase in US suppliers in the coming quarters.
We round up the last two months of BESS action in the GB (Great Britain) market, including project approvals, construction and applications, taken from the pages of our sister site Solar Power Portal.
LG Energy Solution is ‘proactively responding to market volatilities’ that have seen the South Korean battery manufacturer’s annual operating profits slide 73.4%.