Grid-scale battery storage will be added in the Caribbean by Honeywell in the US Virgin Islands and Leclanché in St Kitts & Nevis.

BESS projects in ERCOT, Texas, will be hit by a double whammy of market saturation and new rules around minimum state-of-charge (SOC), as the technology helps the state battle a severe heatwave.

Finance institutions GMO and PIDG will finance a first battery storage project in Senegal dedicated to frequency regulation, the first in the region, project developer Africa REN claimed.

A hybrid power project combining thermal engines with battery storage nearing its completion after delays caused deadlines to be extended.

Fluence and Siemens Smart Infrastructure have completed a renewable energy microgrid project on Terceira, a Portuguese Azores island.

A state-owned power company has begun the construction phase of a 35MW grid-scale battery storage project in Australia’s Northern Territory.

Sembcorp is building 200MWh of battery storage systems on Singapore’s Jurong Island, home to much of the country’s industrial activity.

Hybrid projects in Australia have enabled a gold mine and a remote township to run at 50% or more average penetration of renewable energy. 

Two new battery projects announced this week will see mining sites in Western Australia and the South American nation of Suriname greatly reduce their dependency on fossil fuel generation.

Wärtsilä has given details of the energy storage system it will supply to utility company Bahamas Power & Light (BPL).