NextEnergy UK has acquired a 107MW/151MWh portfolio of standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the UK.

Wärtsilä has brought the 150MW/300MWh Bungama BESS online in South Australia, for owner and operator Revera Energy.

RES Australia’s 2,400MWh Bunyip North BESS has cleared the federal environmental assessment process under Australia’s EPBC Act.

BESS developer Pacific Green Technologies has secured a AU$77 million (US$49.9 million) debt facility for projects in Australia.

Fluence will provide its Mosaic software for a 200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, Australia.

On 21 July, standalone BESS and solar-plus-storage each achieved new generation records in Western Australia’s SWIS.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will loan IR4.6 billion (US$55 million) to infrastructure investor IndiGrid for a standalone battery storage project in Gujarat, India.

PowerChina has begun construction on what is claimed to be the world’s largest generation-side electrochemical energy storage project.

Globeleq and African Rainbow Energy have reached commercial close on the 612MWh Red Sands BESS in South Africa.