Japanese power company J-Power has completed its takeover of Australian renewable energy and energy storage developer Genex Power in a deal worth AUS$351 million (US$229 million).

SSE Renewables has revealed plans to progress a 1.8GW pumped hydro project at Loch Fearna, Scotland, UK.

Rounding up a busy week’s worth of energy storage activity from the UK market, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.

India’s cumulative battery energy storage system (BESS) installations stood at 219.1MWh at the end of March 2024, according to Mercom India.

Queensland Hydro has launched a public consultation phase for its 2GW Borumba Pumped Hydro Project in Australia.

The government of the Philippines will begin a competitive solicitation process for variable renewable energy (VRE) paired with energy storage before the end of 2024.

The New South Wales government has deemed three pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sites as “critical” given their importance to the economy.

Developers SENS and Callio have revealed a hybrid project in Finland which could combine a battery energy storage system (BESS), pumped hydro energy storage and solar PV technology.

The former prime minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, delivered a keynote speech to open the second day of the Energy Storage Summit Australia 2024.

Large-scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects have been launched near Cyprus and in the UK, using technologies from BaroMar and RheEnergise that are an iteration of established LDES technologies.