Developer-operator GridStor has acquired a 150MW/300MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Texas, US from Balanced Rock Power (BRP).

IPP Enfinity Global has announced two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas, US with a total capacity of 425MW/850MWh.

System integrator FlexGen Power Systems has secured a revolving credit facility (RCF) of US$75 million with J.P. Morgan.

Developer-operator GridStor has acquired a battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Oklahoma, US totalling 200MW/800MWh from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES).

This edition of news in brief focuses on energy storage technologies that are emerging or on the path to commercialisation.

Our Year in Review Q&A series continues as we speak with Andrew Gilligan, senior director for commercial strategy at Fluence.

A roundup of news from the UK BESS market, with developers ILI, Aukera, and Apatura having projects achieve planning permission, along with IPP Lightsource bp and a data centre in Wales, from the pages of our sister site Solar Power Portal.

Danish renewable energy company Ørsted and US utility Salt River Project (SRP) have confirmed that their 300MW solar-plus-storage project in Pinal County, Arizona, has commenced operations.

Queensland’s Stanwell Corporation seeks to add 5GWh of energy storage to its resource mix through two new deals.

Real estate developer ERNE Gruppe and architecture firm FlexBase are hoping to start construction on a data centre project in Switzerland next year, which will include a ‘non-flammable and non-explosive’ 500MW energy storage unit.