Power firm Engie and IPP Grenergy are advancing three solar-plus-BESS projects in Chile.

US independent power producers (IPPs) Swift Current Energy and Avantus have secured financing for their pipelines and projects, respectively.

US battery storage developer Key Capture Energy (KCE) has closed a US$300 million financing agreement with British multinational bank Standard Chartered.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Alon Maskovich, CEO and co-founder of enSights about BESS economics and the company’s new battery economics calculator.

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has entered into a strategic agreement supporting hyperscaler AI data centres for a customer in Texas, US.

July was a busy month for large-scale battery storage activity in the UK, with Engie commissioning a system, Masdar and Fidra hitting financial close on projects, Eku Energy buying one, project consents for Aura Power and Starlight Energy, and more.

IPP Prosalia has commissioned a 15MW/60MWh battery storage system at a solar PV plant in Portugal, while power group EDP has added one to a hybrid wind and solar project in Spain.

Greenvolt Power has inaugurated the 200MW Turośń Kościelna Battery Energy Storage Facility in Poland, which energy trader Entrix will optimise.

IPP Eolian has begun construction on Flint Grid, a 200MW/1.06GWh energy storage project in Jersey Township, Licking County, Ohio, US.

RWE has launched construction on a 236MW/470MWh BESS in Germany, while IPP Kallista has done the same on a 193MW/386MWh system in France, supplied by Envision Energy.