Another edition of our news in brief from the energy storage industry focusing on the bustling UK market.

Brookfield Renewable has proposed a 644MWh battery storage system to compete in the Ontario grid operator’s RfP.

Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, the single largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the world so far, is back online.

Battery storage capacity in the US more than tripled to 4,631GW in 2021 and increasingly broadened out of ancillary services, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia has been fined for breaching National Electricity Rules over a three month period in 2019.  

Queensland’s state government has identified batteries as the fastest way to add energy storage to the electricity network.

Renewable energy power producer Scatec has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) for three co-located solar and storage projects with 1.1GWh of energy storage in South Africa.

New York Power Authority has started a process of adapting fossil fuel peaker plant sites to host battery storage which could replace them. 

President Joe Biden’s recent invocation of the Defense Production Act of 1950 could help solve supply chain issues, but only over the longer term. 

EV batteries made by Mercedes-Benz will be given a new lease of life in stationary energy storage systems (ESS).