There can be great value in co-location, but the operational reality is not as simple as it may sound, writes Daniel Moore-Oats of Arenko.

The government of Malaysia has unveiled the next round of its Large-scale solar (LSS) program tender seeking 2.5GW of solar PV co-located with 1.25GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity.

Activity in Italy’s grid-scale market is accelerating, with Sonnedix and the Strioga Family Foundation acquiring projects totalling over 1GWh combined, while BNZ and RWE have ordered BESS from Sungrow and LONGi respectively totalling 540MWh.

Danish developer European Energy has reached financial close on the 80MWh Mokoan solar-plus-storage project in Victoria, Australia.

German solar and storage developer ib vogt has received state planning approval for the 120MW/480MWh Wagga North battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia.

Avantus, with Fluence, is progressing on two solar-plus-battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in California, US.

Australia’s federal government has added 11 new generation and energy storage projects to its National Renewable Energy Priority List.

A 19.8MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) is to be added to an existing solar-plus-storage facility in the Republic of Palau, with Australian development finance backing the expansion of one of the Western Pacific’s flagship hybrid renewable energy projects.

More than 3.8GWh of combined BESS capacity has either cleared or is undergoing federal environmental assessment under Australia’s EPBC Act.

Tech giant Amazon has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA) to procure energy from IPP European Energy’s 220MWh Winton North solar-plus-storage project in northeast Victoria, Australia.