New South Wales has approved plans to increase maximum sizing of battery storage at what could be Australia’s largest project of its type.

Renewable energy technology firm Entech has won a framework contract in France with four public utilities to deploy 50MWh of battery storage.

Utility Hawaiian Electric has finalised a plan to completely use renewable resources by 2045, including mid-term goals of adding renewables generation and rooftop solar by 2030.

UGL has been selected to design, test and commission a BESS which will provide power for BHP’s iron ore port in Western Australia.

Another serving of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Switzerland-based renewable energy firm Axpo has acquired its second energy storage development in Sweden, a co-located project with 25MW of energy storage.

French renewable energy company Voltalia has completed the expansion of a renewable energy plant in French Guiana, adding a battery energy storage system (BESS) of 10.6MWh.

Steps forward have been taken for the first pilot deployment of large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in Vietnam.

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) has given the green light to a solar and storage project from National Grid Renewables, with a 50MW battery energy storage system (BESS).

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has started construction on Cleve Hill Solar Park, the largest solar and energy storage project in the UK, it claimed.