Private equity firm ArcLight Capital Partners has agreed to acquire 185MW of operational wind farms and 80MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) developments from GlidePath Power Solutions.

Conrad Energy has launched construction of a 6MW/12MWh battery energy storage system in Somerset, UK, after local opposition thwarted original plans for a new gas generator.

Nidec ASI, the Italy-based industrial solutions division of Japanese conglomerate Nidec Group, will provide EPC services for a 50MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Northern Ireland.

Iowa’s energy regulator has approved two projects from NextEra Energy Resources including a 300MWh co-located battery energy storage system (BESS) while utility Alliant has turned on a 5MW unit in the state.

Developer Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES) has sold 700MW of development-stage projects to UBS Asset Management, its third substantial sale in the Texas, ERCOT market in two months.

South Africa’s primary electricity supplier Eskom has announced details of forthcoming major battery storage deployments.

Startup Spearmint Energy has become the latest developer to acquire a large-scale battery storage project in Texas.

Renewable energy company Statkraft participated in what it says was the largest dispatch of energy from battery storage to the Ireland grid to-date, on July 14th.

Recently-formed company Proteus Power plans to develop and build over 3GW of solar, wind and battery energy storage projects in North America.

Developer Cypress Creek Renewables has acquired four standalone energy storage projects totalling 400MW/600MWh in Texas, US, from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES).