A 12GWh pumped hydro project and a 1,200MWh battery energy storage system in New South Wales (NSW) have been submitted to Australia’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

Developer and operator esVolta has completed a preferred equity transaction with investor Captona for three BESS in Texas, US, while GridStor has bought a 400MWh project in Arizona.

Residents in Van Zandt County, Texas, have filed a lawsuit seeking damages and an injunction over the construction of a lithium-ion BESS.

Developer Rolwind has won a favourable environmental impact assessment (EIA) result for a 200MW/800MWh BESS in Spain, the first standalone one to do so and the largest in the country, it claimed.

Three US-based independent power producers (IPPs) are currently seeking permission from the Minnesota PUC to construct new renewable energy facilities incorporating battery storage.

Hecate Energy has advanced one of its standalone battery storage facilities, in Essex County, Massachusetts, US.

IPP Arevon has been given the green light for the construction and operation of a standalone 200MW/800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Los Angeles County, California through the California Environmental Equality Act (CEQA) review process. 

Chile utility Colbun has faced a setback with its 800MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project, after its environmental impact assessment (EIA) process was terminated early having been deemed to have not provided enough information.

A 204MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Romania can progress after the government said it did not need to go through an environmental impact assessment (EIA).

Nine projects pairing solar or wind with energy storage submitted environmental impact assessments in Chile last month.