The European Commission has approved a €1 billion (US$1.1 billion) state aid measure for Greece to support two solar-plus-storage projects.

Developer Better Energy is deploying its first battery energy storage system (BESS), a 10MW/12MWh system, at one of its solar PV plants in Denmark.

Utility and independent power producer (IPP) Engie has started commercial operations of a 139MW/638MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the northern region of Antofagasta, Chile.

A 150MW battery energy storage system (BESS), to be deployed along with 373MW of solar PV as part of the Cleve Hill Solar Park project, has reportedly been rejected by the local planning authority in the UK.

Energy Vault has connected its first commercial EVx gravity-based energy storage system to the grid in China, while construction has been launched on three others, all-in-all totalling 468MWh of capacity.

Turkey-headquartered lithium-ion and energy storage manufacturer Kontrolmatik Technologies will deploy a 1GWh energy storage project on home soil with financing provided by Chinese energy firm Harbin Electric.

The panel – Where are the Commercial Opportunities for Co-Location? – was almost full to capacity on the afternoon of the first day of the Summit.

Multinational utility and IPP RWE has completed three co-located battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the US, totalling 190MW/360MWh, with another 2GWh-plus under construction.

Multinational utility and IPP RWE has started building its first battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the Netherlands.

EDF Renewables UK has entered into an optimisation agreement with investors DIF and ib vogt to optimise a co-located solar and storage project in the UK.