French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen Australia has begun construction of a 215MW/963MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at its 440MWp Culcairn Solar Farm in New South Wales, Australia.

Alinta Energy has commenced main construction works on its 1,000MWh Stage 1 of its Reeves Plains BESS in South Australia.

Iberdrola has added its 360MWh Broadsound battery energy storage system (BESS) to AEMO’s Market Management System (MMS).

The NSW Independent Planning Commission has approved Edify Energy’s 400MWh Burroway solar-plus-storage project in Australia.

Software-focused battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator FlexGen has put two utility-scale BESS projects in operation in Wisconsin and Iowa, US, totalling 700MWh.

News from Canada, as NB Power issues a request for expressions of interest for 50MW of energy storage, while Boralex commissions its energy storage project with Walpole Island First Nation.

San Diego-based home battery storage company NeoVolta has entered into agreements for a US$13 million private placement financing anchored by Infinite Grid Capital (IGC).

From the US, Maxwell Technologies is acquired for its third time, by Clarios, Fullmark Energy completes a tax credit transfer, and OATI partners with Colville Tribes on microgrid solutions.

IPPs BrightNight and Cordelio Power have reached financial close on the 300MWac solar PV, 300MW/1,200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) Pioneer Clean Energy Centre in Yuma, Arizona, US.

Origin Energy has secured unconditional connection agreements with AEMO for its 300MW/650MWh grid-forming BESS at Mortlake Power Station in Victoria.