West Arthur Energy, a project company owned by Western Australian developer Lacour Energy, has referred a wind generation site with a 4,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to Australia’s EPBC Act.

As data centre demand surges, utilities and developers are turning to distributed energy resources (DERs) to ease grid strain.

Software-focused energy storage system integrator FlexGen will serve as the integrator of MN8 Energy’s solar-plus-storage project in Kanawha, West Virginia, US, using solutions from Eos Energy Enterprises.

Alinta Energy’s 100MW/200MWh BESS at its Wagerup thermal power plant in Western Australia has been operating commercially since September.

EnergyAustralia has paid AU$750,000 (US$519,300) in penalties after the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) alleged that four battery energy storage systems (BESS) it manages failed to deliver frequency services offered into the market.

Excelsior Energy Capital-backed developer Lydian Energy has brought its 150MW/600MWh Faraday battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Utah County, Utah, US into commercial operation.

Calibrant Energy, an energy-as-a-service platform, has closed a US$145 million debt facility for solar and energy storage projects across several US power markets.

Delta and partner Samsung Vista C&I Australia have lodged an EIS for an 800MWh BESS at the Vales Point Power Station site in NSW.

Alectra Energy Solutions and Convergent Energy & Power have completed a 320MWh BESS portfolio at three sites in Ontario.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Japan by Sumitomo Corporation and Greenvolt provide an interesting snapshot of the country’s development landscape.