New South Wales has granted planning approval for battery energy storage system projects in the Australian state’s Renewable Energy Zones.

Renewable energy firm Greenvolt Power has acquired an early-stage co-located project in New Mexico, US, with a 50MW of energy storage.

FREYR Battery, which is targeting the battery storage sector with its product line, has received a €100 million (US$112.29 million) grant commitment.

The Singapore Energy Market Authority (EMA) is figuring out how energy storage technologies can be widely deployed in the country, overcoming constraints such as limited availability of land.

Ontario and Alberta account for the bulk of Canada’s installed, planned and proposed large-scale energy storage today. The rest of the country can lean on the experiences and lessons learned, Andy Colthorpe hears from developers and expert voices.

Vietnam’s VinES Energy Solutions has partnered with SolarBK to promote the integration of battery storage with rooftop solar PV.

The Philippines has turned its focus onto transitioning its energy sector to larger shares of renewable energy. Carlos Nieto of ABB writes about how the company delivered a 60MW battery storage project in alignment with that aim.

Ontario’s electric system operator has announced the award of contracts to a further eight battery storage projects in expedited RFP.

Energy storage can enable decarbonisation of economies around the world and Asia-Pacific is no exception. Hendrik Bohne of Aquila Capital looks at the examples of two leading examples in the region.

Pacific island country of Palau has welcomed the commissioning of its first large-scale solar-plus-storage project, representing the largest power plant of its kind in the Western Pacific region.