Torrent Power has contracted Larsen & Toubro to construct a 3GW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Maharashtra, India.

Solar company SolarMax Technology’s wholly owned subsidiary, SolarMax Renewable Energy Provider, has entered into two engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreements for battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Puerto Rico.

The renewables and energy storage teams at US EPC firm Burns & McDonnell tackle our annual Year in Review Q&A series.

Three BESS projects totalling 7.8GWh in Saudi Arabia have been connected to the electricity grid, technology provider Sungrow said.

European BESS news from project owners Premier Energy Group, Verbund, Eco Stor, Ingrid Capacity, Ric Energy, Ganfeng Lithium, EP Group, RWE and Giga Storage, securing acquisitions, financings and route-to-market (RTM) deals for multiple gigawatts of capacity this past week.

The development of data centres has emerged as a possible lifeline for ongoing projects in the battery energy storage system (BESS) industry.

E-Storage, Canadian Solar’s energy storage subsidiary, has been contracted to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services on the 411MW/1,858MWh Skyview 2 battery energy storage system (BESS) in Edwardsburgh Cardinal, Ontario, CA.

Singapore’s Jurong Island looks set to host a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant with integrated battery storage.

A renewable energy subsidiary of oil & gas company Reservoir Link has agreed to jointly develop the first dispatchable solar PV power plant in Malaysia.

Hithium will supply its latest 6.25MWh DC block products to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Solarpro, for projects in Eastern Europe.