BW ESS and its partner Penso Power have signed the first long-term tolling agreement for a single battery energy storage system (BESS) asset in Great Britain with Shell Energy Europe.

A 25MW/55MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) has been commissioned by operator Renalfa IPP, using technology provided by Chinese firms Hithium and Kehua.

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

The spinout and change in ownership of Mitsubishi Power Americas’ energy storage activities into standalone unit Prevalon will make it as ‘nimble and fast-moving as possible’, its CEO said, while not ‘chasing market share for the sake of market share’.

SK Gas and SK D&D, two companies in the South Korean SK Group conglomerate, have entered a joint venture (JV) for the ownership of energy storage facilities in the US with Apex Clean Energy.

Idemitsu Kosan, Japan’s biggest petroleum producer, has launched an energy storage business and announced its first lithium battery project.

Developers Emeren and Matrix Renewables, part of private equity firm TPG, intend to launch a development service agreement (DSA) for 1.5GW of battery storage in Italy.

Norwegian ‘smart battery’ firm Hagal and China-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer Cospowers Technology have partnered to offer an energy storage solution.

Maoneng joint venture has begun work on a 240MW/480MWh battery energy storage system project in Mornington Peninsula region of Victoria.

Developer Available Power and Linxon, a joint venture between engineering firm SNC-Lavalin and Hitachi Energy, are targeting 1GW of battery storage projects in the ERCOT, Texas market.