Duke Energy has installed its first solar-and-battery microgrid capable of powering an entire town in North Carolina, while a mixed technology microgrid will add resilience to a new hub at JFK Airport.

Utility-scale solar PV developer Westbridge Renewable Energy has kicked off development of its fifth solar-plus-storage project in Alberta, Canada.

CMBlu Energy, the designer and maker of a proprietary organic flow battery, has won its first deal in the US since the company’s expansion into the market.

Government-backed energy storage announcements continue to roll out of Queensland, with the Australian state set to begin a ‘Neighbourhood Battery’ programme.

Singapore has surpassed its 2025 energy storage deployment target, with the official opening of Southeast Asia’s biggest BESS.

GE Hydro Solutions has installed the final of four 300MW turbines at a pumped hydro energy storage plant in Anhui Province, China.

Some proposed battery storage projects have been cancelled in the US and Canada since the start of this year, after facing opposition from local communities.

The virtual power plant (VPP) network of residential solar and battery storage provider Sunrun in the US is being managed by Lunar Energy, a recently-formed firm in which Sunrun is a shareholder.

California’s net metering successor is controversial, but residential battery storage providers Neovolta and Sonnen have greeted it warmly.

This edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage comes from our UK colleagues at Solar Power Portal.