The battery energy storage system (BESS) arm of PV module manufacturer Canadian Solar has won a 800MWh order for a project in Arizona from Tucson Electric Power (TEP).

Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) has received board approval to deploy a solar-plus-storage project with up to 940MWh of capacity, after two smaller co-operatives completed smaller co-located projects in the state.

BESS developer and operator Plus Power has completed a US$1.8 billion financing for five projects in Arizona and Texas, including over US$400 million in tax equity and US$700 million for a single standalone project, the largest to-date.

Developer Origis Energy has started building three solar-plus-storage projects in Mississippi, US, with battery energy storage systems (BESS) totalling 150MW supplied by Mitsubishi Power Americas.

US battery developer Delorean Power and the Holden Municipal Light Department (HMLD), a utility in the US state of Massachusetts, have unveiled a new battery storage project in the town of Massachusetts.

Netherlands-based developer Giga Storage has announced its first project outside home turf, with a 300MW/1,200MWh transmission-connected BESS planned in neighbouring Belgium.

System integrator Fluence and Norwegian state-owned power firm Statkraft have partnered on a 4-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) in Ireland, the market’s first.

The commercial manager for Balance Power, one of two UK developers to have announced project approvals this week, has questioned whether the market standard 2-hour duration is enough for net zero.

Swedish wind power pioneer Eolus has made a final investment decision (FID) on a battery storage project in California, its third in the US, with a targeted commercial operation in 2024.

The Italian grid-scale energy storage market is set to become one of the most active in Europe in the next few years having been close to non-existent until now.