Another serving of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Spain-based renewable energy firm Acciona Energia has acquired a two-hour energy storage system in ERCOT, Texas, from Qcells.

AI-driven energy storage firm Stem Inc will deliver 40MW of battery storage projects in ERCOT, Texas, for independent power producer REX, the first of US$400 million the new firm plans to procure.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has provided US$7.9 million for a 50MWh battery energy storage project using second life EV batteries in the ERCOT, Texas market, by Element Energy and NextEra Energy Resources.

National Grid Renewables has commenced operations at its Noble solar-plus-storage project in Denton County, Texas.

Asset manager BlackRock has acquired US battery energy storage developer Jupiter Power from EnCap Investments.

GlidePath has started operating Byrd Ranch, a 50MW battery energy storage system in Texas, US, which will be optimised by Habitat Energy.

Qcells has closed a US$150 million financing deal for its first large-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

A 200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) from developer Available Power at a net-zero technology campus in Texas, US, is expected to be online in mid-2024.

System integrator FlexGen will provide energy storage systems and optimisation software for a 100MW portfolio recently acquired by investment fund manager SUSI Partners from SMT Energy.