Renewable energy infrastructure developer BE Power Group’s 9.6GWh Big-G pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Queensland, Australia, has been submitted to the Federal government seeking approval under the EPBC Act.

Executives from investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners discussed its three BESS projects in Scotland totalling 1.5GW/3GWh which have all now reached FID, the largest BESS in Europe to do so.

A new study from Stanford says that sodium-ion batteries will need more breakthroughs in order to compete with lithium-ion (Li-ion).

IPP Polat Energy is deploying multiple renewables-plus-BESS projects in Turkey, and has ordered a 132MWh BESS from the system integration arm of Rolls-Royce for one of them.

A project combining solar generation and battery storage to provide 1GW of ‘round-the-clock’ dispatchable power was unveiled at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).

Our Year in Review Q&A series continues as we speak with Andrew Gilligan, senior director for commercial strategy at Fluence.

Battery recycling firm Livium, via its wholly owned subsidiary, Envirostream Australia, has partnered with Chinese battery manufacturer Hithium Energy to recycle lithium-ion batteries from Lightsource bp’s Woolooga solar-plus-storage site in Queensland.

Neoen has initiated the permitting process for a 400MW/1,600MWh BESS located in Ontario that was awarded a 20-year capacity contract by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO).

Eni Plenitude, the utility arm of the large oil and gas major Eni, has completed construction of the 200MW/400MWh Guajillo battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Texas, US.

System integrator Fluence will provide 200MW/400MWh of BESS for dependent power producer (IPP) DTEK’s projects in Ukraine.