The government of Western Australia is funding work to assess a potential battery energy storage system (BESS) project which would be the biggest built in the state so far.

New York state is on course to meet its new 2030 target of 6GW of storage deployment, with storage projects in its interconnection queue growing 50% to 12GW.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage, this time with a distinctly UK flavour.

JSW Energy, part of Indian conglomerate JSW Group, has inked a memorandum of understanding with the Chhattisgarh government to build a 1GW pumped hydro storage project.

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) and the Octopus Group have followed up their recent development deal for a mixed renewables hub.

Endesa Generación Portugal, part of Enel, has been award the connection rights to develop a renewable energy project combining solar, wind, green hydrogen and a 168.6MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to replace the country’s last coal station.

Jamaica has received proposals from a consortium of local and international companies to implement a proposed pumped hydro electric storage (PHES) project.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Swedish public utility Vattenfall has opened its Energypark Haringvliet in the Netherlands, which combines wind, solar and a 12MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

A meeting between energy storage industry representatives and the UK’s energy minister Greg Hands took place last week.