Enel X has announced its first battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Australia, which will help Central Irrigation Trust (CIT) in South Australia “intelligently manage” its energy use. 

FlexGen Power Systems will provide 2.1GWh of battery storage solutions to a project in California which exemplifies the state’s “leadership” in the transition to a modern, cleaner grid, the company’s CEO has said. 

Global investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired UK-based optimisation and trading platform Habitat Energy Limited.

Energy technology company Wärtsilä has announced battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in two new markets for the company, with orders from customers in Chile and Belgium.

Construction has begun on a 150MW / 150MWh battery storage project at the site of a former fossil fuel plant site in Victoria, Australia.

Global clean energy group TagEnergy and the UK’s Harmony Energy have announced two grid-scale battery storage projects in England and Scotland to be developed through the pair’s joint venture (JV). 

Hitachi Energy has launched a improved and new versions of its PowerStore battery energy storage system (BESS) products, alongside other new and updated products and services in its Grid Edge Solutions portfolio. 

UK renewable energy and battery storage developer Harmony Energy has raised gross proceeds of £186.5 million (US$251 million) to fund a battery storage rollout through an IPO.

GridBeyond is to optimise Greencoat Renewables’s first energy storage project. This 10.8MW front-of-the-meter battery is co-located with the Killala Community Wind Farm in Tawnaghmore Upper, Ireland and is expected to be online early next year.

Fluence’s initial public offering (IPO) and NASDAQ Global Select Market listing could be a “landmark” event that opens doors for the energy storage and renewable energy industries, a clean energy finance expert has said.