Recent revisions to the UK’s National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) could boost the deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS), said developer Root-Power’s managing director Neil Brooks.

Brookfield Renewable US has entered the permitting process for a hybrid solar and BESS facility which would be among the biggest in the world to date in terms of battery capacity.

US renewable energy company Ormat Technologies has signed a 15-year contract for an 80MW/320MWh BESS project in California.

The UK and Ireland’s energy storage pipeline is rapidly growing, with co-located solar PV and storage comprising around 20% of planned capacity, writes Mollie McCorkindale of Solar Media Market Research.

A renewables-only subsidiary of utility Eneco and developer Energisto have revealed a battery energy storage system (BESS) joint venture in Germany, which expects construction permits for up to 400MWh of projects this year.

Gridstor, a developer of standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) assets, has acquired a 450MW/900MWh project in Texas, US, the company’s first in the booming ERCOT market.

Utility and IPP Enel has sold a 49% stake in its subsidiary that will own and operate 1.7GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Italy, to investor Sosteneo.

NHOA Energy has gone from 111MWh of capacity online as of the end of Q3 2022, to a cumulative 535MWh at the end of the same quarter this year.

Developer Solvent Energy is talking to investment bankers with a view to selling some of a 2GW portfolio of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in ERCOT, Texas.

Pacific Green has followed its ramp up of activities in the UK with moves to secure land for a pipeline of projects in Australia.