Suppliers of equipment to two landmark battery storage projects in Western Australia have been awarded contracts worth more than a billion dollars from the state’s government.

A senior executive from the power solutions arm of manufacturing firm Volvo Group, Volvo Penta, talked Energy-Storage.news through its recent entry into the BESS market.

Managing your battery energy storage system (BESS) supply chain is a complex issue with no easy fixes, according to leading developers, system integrators and investors.

Powin Energy will source components from SMA America for 2GW of battery storage systems.

Power conversion system expertise allows battery storage system integrators an important degree of control over project design and costs.

The sale of Dynapower by private equity firm Pfingsten to industrial sensor manufacturer Sensata Technologies has been completed.

GE Renewable Energy will triple its solar and battery energy storage manufacturing capacity at its newly launched Renewable Hybrids factory in India by the end of 2022.

Dynapower, a US manufacturer of energy storage and power conversion system equipment, will be acquired by Sensata, a maker of industrial sensors.

Huawei has agreed to provide the complete solution for what looks set to be the biggest project of its type in Africa so far. 

Analyst Oliver Forsyth from IHS Markit explains exactly how things are changing in BESS system integration.