Utility Ignitis Group has taken a final investment decision (FID) on three large-scale battery storage projects in Lithuania.

A lithium-sulfur battery startup has purchased Northvolt’s battery storage system factory in Poland and intends to reopen it immediately.

Developer Atmos Renewables has successfully achieved financial close on its 400MWh Merredin battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia.

Moment Energy’s battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing hub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, has reached full-scale production.

Spanish developer and independent power producer (IPP) Zelestra has reached financial close for its hybrid 1GWh BESS and solar PV plant in Chile.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Giga Storage has acquired a 350MW/1,400MWh BESS asset in Germany, marking an expansion into the broader European energy storage market.

Alinta Energy has approved the development of the first stage of its Reeves Plains Energy Hub BESS in South Australia.

Globeleq and African Rainbow Energy have reached commercial close on the 612MWh Red Sands BESS in South Africa.

Energy storage is essential to capture solar and wind generation, Karnataka’s energy minister said, at the opening of the ‘first fully automated’ battery storage factory in India.

Samsung C&T has submitted plans for a 100MW/400MWh BESS to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.