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.

Further details about Brazil’s largest battery storage project to date have been revealed including its integrators and equipment providers.

‘Multi-day’ battery storage startup Form Energy’s proprietary iron-air battery is set to be deployed at the sites of two US coal power plants due for retirement.

Centrica to repurpose a former gas-fired power plant to include 28MW BESS and potential to develop off-grid hydrogen production and solar.

Energy storage deployments by electric carmaker and tech company Tesla grew 64% year-on-year, reaching 6.5GWh in 2022.