News of major project acquisitions in another busy week for the UK battery storage market.

Electricity Market Authority confirmed the Southeast Asia region’s largest battery storage project on course for commissioning in November.

rPlus Energies has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for 400MWac/200MW solar-plus-storage project in Emery County, Utah.

Gravity energy storage company Energy Vault’s battery storage division has been contracted to work on a 250MW two-hour duration project at a solar PV plant in Victoria, Australia.

The first utility-scale battery project in Tonga officially opened today at an event attended by the South Pacific Kingdom’s prime minister.

National Grid Renewables has signed a 140MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with chocolate makers The Hershey Company.

Dominion Energy has taken another small step towards Virginia’s energy transition, acquiring a 15.7MW battery storage project in development.

Canadian Solar and Axium Infrastructure have begun operation of the Crimson Energy Storage large-scale battery system in California.

Development of battery systems to help integrate renewables and boost grid reliability continues to pick up pace in New South Wales.

EnergyAustralia is tentatively planning to build a 500MW battery energy storage system (BESS) on land it owns in New South Wales.