Two major Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region projects combining solar PV and battery storage have progressed in Saudi Arabia and Egypt through ACWA Power and Scatec, respectively.
The Western Australian government has launched the first stage of an Expression of Interest (EOI) process for a 50MW/500MWh vanadium flow battery energy storage system (VBESS) in Kalgoorlie.
Developer Akaysha Energy has confirmed that the 850MW Waratah Super Battery will undergo a planned balance of plant shutdown from 20 November to 2 December 2025.
In a major week for European BESS deal-making, project acquisition and financing deals have been done in the Poland, Germany, Finland, the UK and Romania for grid-scale projects totalling well over 1GW of capacity.
Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) and EDP Renewables Australia have signed an exclusivity agreement to develop the Punchs Creek Renewable Energy Project, a 1,600MWh solar-plus-storage project in Queensland’s Toowoomba region.
Japan’s NGK Insulators has discontinued its sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery product line, with the exit of its partner, BASF, thought to have led to the final decision.
