Australian utility Origin Energy is set to focus on energy storage and renewable energy generation, announcing last week it will exit the hydrogen market.

This week Engie Chile has energised the 68MW/418MWh BESS Tamaya project in Antofagasta, while Canadian Solar’s e-STORAGE secured a turnkey EPC contract to supply a 98MW/312MWh DC BESS in Chile.

Baltic Storage Platform, a joint venture (JV), has broken ground on two new 200MW/400MWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Estonia.

KKR has closed debt financing transactions with battery storage system integrator Powin and developer Peregrine Energy Solutions.

Hecate Energy’s proposal to construct a 600MW/2,400MWh standalone BESS in the City of Moorpark, California, has experienced a major setback.

German energy company RWE has broken ground on three battery energy storage systems in the Texas, US, market, totalling 900MWh.

Boom Power has successfully landed planning permission for a major BESS project in Wales, UK.

The 360MW Mortlake solar-plus-storage project in Victoria, Australia, has been granted development consent by the state government.

At the 2023 edition of the RE+ clean energy trade show for North America, LG Energy Solution (LG ES) launched its system integrator arm for the US, LG ES Vertech.

Flow Power’s chief operating officer, Byron Serjeantson, believes solar-plus-storage projects represent an upcoming trend in Australia’s PPA market.