Developers Fotowatio Renewable Ventures and oEnergy have moved forward with environmental impact assessments (EIA) for two PV co-located battery storage projects in Chile, one of which is an eight-hour lithium-ion system.

Residential solar and battery installer Sunrun has partnered with California utility PG&E to create a new virtual power plant (VPP) combining up to 30MW of new and existing home PV and battery systems for grid reliability.

The virtual power plant (VPP) network of residential solar and battery storage provider Sunrun in the US is being managed by Lunar Energy, a recently-formed firm in which Sunrun is a shareholder.

Major international finance groups have contributed to a raise of more than half-a-billion US dollars in funding for developer Hecate Energy.

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has outlined new draft market rules and policies for energy storage, a month after the country allowed 100% foreign ownership of renewable energy assets.

Investment firms Castlelake and Gore Street Capital have acquired respective battery storage projects in the ERCOT, Texas market totalling nearly 600MW of storage capacity.

California utilities CPA and SCE have issued requests for microgrid and power resiliency projects using energy storage as the state continues to adapt to an increased risk of power shutoffs.

The renewables arm of Italy-based power company Enel is seeking approval to add a 38MWh battery storage system to an existing 42.25MW solar PV plant in Spain.

The largest lithium-ion battery storage system in Bolivia is nearing completion at a co-located solar PV site, with project partners including Jinko, SMA and battery storage provider Cegasa.

Independent power producer Clearway Energy Group has brought a 36MW solar PV plus 144MWh battery energy storage system project online in O’ahu, Hawaii, delivered by energy technology firm Wärtsilä.