The US development arm of Milan, Italy-headquartered developer Nadara has encountered a setback in its pursuit of a 200MW hybrid BESS destined for Arizona.

Developer Acciona Energia will add a gigawatt-hour-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) at an existing solar PV plant in Chile.

India’s Adani Group has made its first entry into the battery storage market, announcing a ‘flagship deployment’ that will be the country’s largest project so far when completed.

Hassan Allam Utilities and Infinity Power have signed agreements with Egypt’s Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company for two renewable energy projects in the country.  

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has provided US$142 million in financing for the construction of a 1GW solar and 1.3GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio in Uzbekistan.

Victoria’s home battery energy storage programme has supported the installation of approximately 20,000 residential energy storage systems, doubling its original target of 10,000 units, according to the state’s climate action minister, Lily D’Ambrosio.

The Emirati state-owned renewables developer Masdar has begun construction on a giant solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi.

Tetchi Capellan, a pioneer of solar PV in the Philippines, discusses the country’s crucial turning point in its adoption of energy storage.

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has approved Ark Energy’s 3,148MWh Richmond Valley solar-plus-storage project in Australia.

Spanish IPP Grenergy has begun construction on a 340MW solar project with 960MWh of energy storage in El Cabrero, located in Chile’s Biobío region.