A developer in the US has doubled its order for 500MWh of zinc-based battery energy storage systems from Eos Energy Enterprises.

Intersect Power has secured US$750 million funding to take its portfolio of renewables, energy storage and green hydrogen projects beyond 8GW.

Ambri has received an order in South Africa for a 300MW energy storage system based on its proprietary liquid metal battery technology.

RWE has switched on its Hickory Park project combining 195.5MW of solar PV with 40MW/80MWh of battery storage in Georgia, US.

Crossboundary Energy Access, an investment platform which is project financing solar-powered mini-grid projects in rural Africa, has secured US$50 million funding.

Inaccess, which has worked on some of world’s biggest battery projects, has been acquired by renewables software company Power Factors.

Around 60% of new solar projects planned in US utility service areas are hybrid resources paired with storage. Recurrent Energy’s Lucas Moller explains the appeal.

An infrastructure group owned by Philippine billionaire Enrique K Razon has proposed construction of one of the biggest solar-plus-storage projects in the world.

Westbridge has added another large-scale solar-plus-storage project to its development portfolio in Alberta, Canada.