IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has reached development milestones for its total 1.21GW solar plus 4GWh energy storage CO Bar Complex in Arizona, US, and is now advancing the project toward operation.

More BESS news from across Europe, with ContourGlobal and Alpiq striking sizeable deals in Greece and France, Iberdrola putting projects into operation in Spain, and other project news in Germany, Poland, Denmark and Southeast Europe.

FranklinWH and ConnectDER have had their respective battery and electric meter technologies enrolled into programmes in Arizona expected to accelerate the take-up of home batteries for virtual power plants (VPPs).

Duke Energy, Elevate Renewables, and Fluence Energy, along with BrightNight and Cordelio Power, are advancing BESS projects across the BESS.

ASL has launched a consultation on a new Hybrid Generation LTESA product alongside its 2026 NSW Consumer Trustee Investment Priorities.

Jointly owned by Masdar and Igneo Infrastructure Partners, independent power producer (IPP) Terra-Gen’s Lockhart CL I and II battery energy storage system (BESS) projects have reached commercial operations in San Bernardino County, California, US.

Yanara has appointed Gamuda Australia as the project delivery partner for the early contractor involvement (ECI) phase of the Mortlake Energy Hub in Victoria.

It’s our first week back to normal service so here’s a roundup of the past few weeks of BESS action in Europe, with projects moving forward in Romania, Denmark, UK, France, Spain, Albania, Germany and Austria.

Atmos Renewables and Potentia Energy have secured financing packages for their Australian renewables and energy storage portfolios.

The New Orleans, Louisiana, US City Council voted unanimously to approve a US$28 million virtual power plant (VPP) programme, reportedly, the first distributed energy resource (DER) programme in the city.