News in brief from around the world in energy storage, this time with a distinctly UK flavour.

Microinverter supplier Enphase Energy has been selected by Vermont, US, utility Green Mountain Power to supply its home battery system for a virtual power plant (VPP) programme.

EDF Renewables subsidiary Powerflex has partnered with Ontario utility Hydro One to develop distributed energy resource solutions in the Canadian province.

LS Energy Solutions has delivered the first units of its new all-in-one energy storage system (ESS) solution.

Getting grid interconnection rights for energy storage in the US is difficult.

The World Bank’s International Finance Corporation is taking part in a study to assess how technologies like solar-plus-storage hybrids can provide baseload power in the Philippines.

Enel X will participate in a pilot in Ontario aggregating behind-the-meter battery storage and demand response.

ABB will provide technical expertise for a lithium extraction facility in Portugal which targets zero emissions status by 2030. 

Investor-owned utility SDG&E is turning its first lithium iron phosphate-based battery energy storage system (BESS) online today, while Stanford university says it has hit 100% renewable electricity with the offtake from Goldman Sachs’ recently-commissioned Slate solar-plus-storage project.

This sponsored webinar with HMS Networks looks at how to intelligently connect battery energy storage systems (BESS) to the grid.