US solar, wind installs lowest in three years, with only battery storage deployments growing among the three main clean energy technologies.

Microgrid projects in the US states of Washington and Maryland combining battery storage, solar and vehicle-grid integration have gone online.

French utility giant Engie has acquired 6GW of solar and battery storage projects from Belltown Power in the US.

Gravity energy storage company Energy Vault’s battery storage division has been contracted to work on a 250MW two-hour duration project at a solar PV plant in Victoria, Australia.

Australia’s budget includes nearly AU$25 billion for clean energy to ease cost of living pressures as well as help fight climate change.

National Grid Renewables has signed a 140MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with chocolate makers The Hershey Company.

Renewable energy developer Alight is adding a 2MW/2MWh battery system to a 12MW solar park in Sweden, creating the largest solar-plus-storage project in the country.

California Energy Commission approved funding for solar-plus-storage microgrid project which will include Invinity’s largest flow battery to date.

Spanish and Portuguese utility Endesa, part of Enel, has provisionally won 953MW of connection rights to build renewable energy resources and battery storage in Andorra, possibly rising to 1,200MW.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended inauguration for energy network enabling entire town to source its electricity from solar PV.