A double-header of Poland grid-scale BESS news, with GoldenPeaks Capital entering the market with a two-project acquisition, and R.Power securing a PPA for a solar-and-storage project.

HMC Capital has completed the acquisition of Neoen’s energy storage and renewables portfolio in Victoria, Australia.

A lithium-sulfur battery startup has purchased Northvolt’s battery storage system factory in Poland and intends to reopen it immediately.

Viridi Parente has acquired the former Moxion Power production facility in Richmond, California, US, and secured a US$9.3 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC).

Developer-operator GridStor has acquired a 150MW/300MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Texas, US from Balanced Rock Power (BRP).

Developer-operator GridStor has acquired a battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Oklahoma, US totalling 200MW/800MWh from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES).

Scale Microgrids and Dispatch Energy, two US commercial and industrial (C&I) distributed generation and storage providers, have secured new capital for growth through acquisition and capital commitments, respectively.

Freyr has completed the acquisition of Chinese firm Trina Solar’s Texas solar manufacturing assets, completing its transition from a European battery company to a US solar one.

System integrator Wärtsilä has launched its newest energy management system (EMS) platform, while power solutions manufacturer Generac has acquired a company that makes them.

Global investment group Brookfield intends to acquire French renewables and energy storage developer and independent power producer (IPP) Neoen.