Renewable energy developer-operator Arevon has entered into a long-term offtake agreement for a 250MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in California with community choice aggregator (CCA) MCE.

Lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills discuss the challenges for the nascent European gigafactory ecosystem in light of heavy competition from the US and China, alongside the role that energy storage system (ESS) demand will play.

We catch up with SemperPower, developer and owner of the two largest BESS projects in the Netherlands, discussing its commercial model, challenges, grid, regulations and more.

Compressed air energy storage (CAES) firm Corre Energy has agreed an offtake and co-investment deal with utility Eneco for a project in Germany.

Octopus Investments Australia has bought one of the biggest BESS projects in development in the country, from developer Firm Power.

Geothermal and battery storage firm Ormat Technologies and lithium-ion manufacturer Gotion have agreed a multi-year supply deal totalling up to 750MWh.

Battery OEM Rept Battero, part of metals firm Tsingshan Industry, has tied up with Energy Vault a few weeks after it agreed a smaller deal with Powin.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Powin has announced a 3GWh purchase agreement with China-based lithium-ion battery supplier Rept.

Pomega is selling the future offtake from its South Carolina ESS gigafactory into a market with “a lot of scepticism about whether US battery cell production is viable”, its VP business development told Energy-Storage.news.

The decision by the new owners of UK gigafactory startup Britishvolt to pivot its initial focus towards energy storage rather than EVs has pros and cons, a senior industry consultant told Energy-Storage.news