Australian energy infrastructure company Jemena has switched on two new 400kWh community batteries in Bellfield and Coburg in Victoria, Australia.

Developer-operator Strata Clean Energy has broken ground on the 150MW/600MWh Justice battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Maricopa County, Arizona, US.

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).

Aboitiz Power has broken ground on the development of a 48MW hybrid BESS at a floating oil-fired power plant in Agusan del Norte.

Subsidiary of the AES Corporation, AES Indiana, has announced the opening of the 200MW/800MWh Pike County Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Pike County, Indiana, US.

Clean energy trade body American Clean Power Association (ACP) has released a report on energy storage market reforms for regional grid operators based on findings from the Brattle Group.

Battery storage developer and operator Spearmint Energy has secured US$250 million for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects located in Texas, US, totalling 400MWh.

Power generation firm Hidroelectrica has enlisted local firms Prime Batteries Technology and Enevo to deploy a large-scale BESS project in Romania.

A proposed landowner-led 576MWh solar-plus-storage site in Tasmania has been added to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Federation Asset Management has announced its intention to launch a new long-duration energy storage (LDES) investment platform in Australia.