Solar developer Lightsource BP has energised its first BESS project, in the UK – the first of its global multi-gigawatt pipeline.

System integrator Powin has been enlisted by oil, gas and renewable energy firm Galp to install a battery energy storage system (BESS) at a PV plant in Portugal, Powin’s first in Europe.

Utility and independent power producer (IPP) Engie has started construction on a BESS project in Chile with a 5-hour duration.

Cubico Sustainable Investments has formed a joint venture (JV) with a local developer in Italy to develop 1GW-plus of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

A large-scale battery storage facility providing ancillary services to the grid has gone into commercial operation at the site of a hydroelectric power plant in the Philippines.

Optimising co-located BESS is “much more complicated” than standalone and few companies can do it well, panellists on Day 2 of Solar Finance & Investment Europe (SFIE) said.

US vehicle-to-grid startup Nuvve continues push into Asia market, negotiating for a project planned by Taiwan’s grid operator and utility.

In a double whammy of Sweden BESS market news, developer SENS has secured the land for a 40MW project while system integrator Alfen will deploy a 20MW system at a wind farm.

Panama has launched a 500MW tender auction for renewables and energy storage, the first in Central America to include storage.

The government of Turkey, currently processing applications for large-scale energy storage facilities at renewable energy plants, will raise import duties for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery products.