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.

As hybridisation and changing grid and market conditions redefine the scope of asset performance management, renewables project services provider E3’s Anouk Hut looks at the growing importance of physics-based modelling and integrated digital infrastructure.

Two energy storage topics appeared to come up in conversation more than any other at the first day of RE+: US domestic content and the race for energy density increases.

Chinese lithium-ion OEM Hithium and system integrator BOS Power have signed a supply agreement for 3GWh of BESS deployments in the Nordic region.