Renewable energy developer-operator Arevon has entered into a long-term offtake agreement for a 250MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in California with community choice aggregator (CCA) MCE.

Gas and geothermal plant operator Calpine Corporation will bring 510MW of its 680MW capacity battery energy storage system (BESS) project in California online in summer 2024, with BYD battery units.

Developer Monsson Group and system integrator Prime Batteries Technology have inaugurated a 6MW/24MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Romania, the country’s largest.

Prevalon Energy, a dedicated BESS spin-out from Mitsubishi Power Americas, has secured a 328MWh order from utility Idaho Power in the US.

Developer Columbus Energy and Ukraine-based energy investor DTEK have agreed terms for a 133MW/532MWh BESS project in Poland, one of several to have won long-term capacity market contracts in the last 18 months.

Developer Someva Renewables and utility AGL have proposed a project in New South Wales combining wind, solar and up to 500MW/2,000MWh of energy storage.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) project developer Lion Storage is planning a 364MW/1,457MWh project in the Netherlands for operation in two years’ time.

System integrator Powin has been enlisted by oil, gas and renewable energy firm Galp to install a battery energy storage system (BESS) at a PV plant in Portugal, Powin’s first in Europe.

Netherlands-based BESS developer Giga Storage has unveiled a 600MW/2,400MWh project it is developing in neighbouring Belgium, one of the largest planned projects in Europe.

Gas and geothermal plant developer and operator Calpine Corporation has closed a syndicated financing for what could be one of the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the US.