South Africa’s main utility and grid operator Eskom has announced the start of construction of its first battery energy storage system (BESS) with Hyosung Heavy Industries.

California utility PG&E has invited residential and commercial customers to enrol onto three vehicle-to-everything (V2X) programmes using EV batteries for a range of use cases.

Developers OX2 and Ingrid Capacity have started work on two battery storage projects totalling 60MW of power in Sweden.

Renewable energy firm Acciona Energia has launched a 16-chargepoint vehicle-to-grid (V2G) network in the Balearic Islands, the first in Spain.

Battery storage project will deliver nearly AU$10 million annual electricity system cost savings in Australia’s Northern Territory.

On-time commissioning for the 100MW/150MWh Wandoan South BESS came amid serious challenges.

We catch up with Sean Leach, director of technology and platform management for Highland Electric Fleets about how vehicle-to-grid (V2G) fits into the company’s strategy.

Munich-headquartered international banking firm Berenberg has provided debt financing for two battery energy storage projects in eastern Germany totalling 32MWh.

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

Philippines power generator and utility Aboitiz Power will put a 49MW battery energy storage system into commercial operation this month, and has started construction on another.