Welcome to another edition of hot takes, snap analysis, gossip and of course, valuable insights from the LinkedIn feeds of energy storage and electricity insiders.

Renalfa IPP and Eurowind have brought a large-scale hybrid renewables project, featuring 242MWp of solar PV and 773MWh of battery storage, into commercial operation in Bulgaria.

Elliot Squire, senior asset manager for Varco Energy, discusses current and future trends in battery storage.

Northland Power has closed financing on two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Poland.

Fu-Gen has sold a 100MW ready-to-build battery storage project in Finland to Nala Renewables, extending their Nordic BESS pipeline to 275MW.

NSW’s IPC has approved BayWa r.e.’s Bullawah Wind Farm, pairing 804MW of wind with a 718MWh battery in the South West REZ.

Energy-Storage.news spoke with Noemí Gallardo, Commissioner at the California Energy Commission (CEC), at the US Solar & Storage Finance event in Garden Grove, California, about the growth of BESS within the state.

James Costello of EORA Energy discusses the shift from supplying battery technology to developing full energy infrastructure projects.

Sungrow has completed grid connection and full acceptance testing of a 108.4MW/215.6MWh grid-forming BESS in Cambodia.

Orix Corporation has begun construction of its first battery storage projects to be supported by external investment.