Market-ready artificial intelligence (AI) is a key feature of battery management to deliver sustainable revenues for a more competitive renewables market, writes Dr Adrien Bizeray of Brill Power.

Global investment group Brookfield intends to acquire French renewables and energy storage developer and independent power producer (IPP) Neoen.

Denmark-headquartered independent power producer (IPP) Ørsted and investment bank JP Morgan have closed a tax equity financing of US$680 million for solar and storage projects in the US.

The Kern County, California hybrid facility will have the capability to generate up to 2GW of solar power co-located with up to 2GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, spanning approximately 12,875 acres of privately owned land.

Finding developers who want long-term partnerships on projects is key when entering multiple different markets, the head of shipping and energy infrastructure firm BW Group’s energy storage development and operation arm says.

There is “no shortage of investor appetite” and policy support is in place, but there are still some barriers to energy storage deployment on the scale needed to decarbonise Australia’s energy sector.

UK BESS owner-operator Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has put a 50MW/50MWh project into commercial operation in Lancashire.

US asset manager Stonepeak has entered Japan’s energy storage market, forming a partnership with CATL-backed developer CHC.

UK battery energy storage system (BESS) developer-operator Statera has submitted a planning application for a 500MW project in Oxfordshire, England.

Zambian developer GEI Power and Turkish energy technology firm YEO are aiming to have a 60MWp PV, 20MWh BESS project in Zambia online by September 2025.