A roundup of large-scale solar and storage news from across the US, with RWE buying three projects from Galehead Development, Origis Energy securing US$300 million for its pipeline and Appalachian Power launching an RFP for 1.1GW of renewables and storage.

This UK edition of news in brief features project news from RWE, Quinbrook, E.On, TagEnergy and Harmony Energy.

Multinational utility and IPP RWE has completed three co-located battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the US, totalling 190MW/360MWh, with another 2GWh-plus under construction.

Multinational utility and IPP RWE has started building its first battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the Netherlands.

Germany-headquartered energy firm RWE is installing its first battery storage project in the Netherlands, with a 35MW unit virtually coupled with a biomass plant it operates.

Germany-based multinational energy firm RWE has put two solar-plus-storage projects in Germany into commercial operation, with a total of 21MWh of energy storage capacity.

RWE has brought its biggest utility-scale BESS project in the US closer to the start of commercial operations.

Multinational energy firm RWE has started construction on two battery storage projects totalling 220MW/235MWh in Germany.

RWE has been awarded a long-term contract for a 50MW/400+MWh battery storage project in New South Wales, Australia.

A roundup of energy storage news stories from Europe.