Construction will commence in New Zealand on the country’s biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) project so far, in July.

Ameresco has secured a US$262 million increase to its credit facility, supporting the company’s 2.1GWh battery project in California. 

China’s share of the lithium-ion battery cell production capacity market is set to fall from 75% in 2020 to 66% in 2030, according to Clean Energy Associates in a new report.

Legislation supporting clean energy in Massachusetts with a heavy focus on offshore wind looks set to go into law.

With a commitment to add 1GW each of new solar PV and wind each year, Turkey’s need for energy storage is coming sooner rather than later. 

Biden’s first State of the Union address included strong messaging on the importance of both supply and demand side measures to support clean energy.

Hybrid projects in Australia have enabled a gold mine and a remote township to run at 50% or more average penetration of renewable energy. 

Technology group Honeywell’s energy storage solutions arm will supply a 20MW/80MWh battery system for renewables group Hecate Energy’s solar farm in New Mexico, USA.

Standalone storage, demand from commercial and industrial (C&I) customers and new types of grid services will increasingly help drive growth in energy storage in the coming years, but the future mix between battery-based and alternative storage types is still unclear.

The first ever solar-plus-storage hybrid resources system in the Philippines is now in operation after energy company AC Energy (ACEN) switched on the site’s battery energy storage system (BESS).