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.

It’s been a busy week for the large-scale energy storage market in Poland, with projects moved to construction and delivery by EDF Power Solutions & Eurus Energy Europe, Eiffel Investment Group & Ergy, R.Power Renewables, and EDP.

In this news roundup, Grenergy, MaxSolar and Saft, and Amarenco have made significant advancements on BESS projects in Spain, Germany, and France.

A roundup of recent large-scale BESS activity in the UK, with IPPs ContourGlobal, Zenobē and Revera buying or taking FID on three separate projects totalling 3.6GWh of capacity.

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has been awarded a 20-year capacity services contract for its 200MW/1,600MWh energy storage project in Ontario.

The president of Chile, José Antonio Kast Rist, was in attendance as IPP Grenergy inaugurated a 3.5GWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Independent power producer (IPP) Sunraycer Renewables has closed a US$901 million project financing facility, supporting three solar-plus-storage projects in Texas, US.