Queensland’s state government has identified batteries as the fastest way to add energy storage to the electricity network.

Western Australia will retire its two state-owned coal power plants by 2030 and invest in renewable energy and energy storage.

NTPC has launched a battery storage tender, just a few days after the Solar Energy Corporation of India began a similar solicitation process.

Two solar-plus-storage projects in Cameroon will be equipped with modular, pre-assembled generation and battery solutions from Norway-headquartered renewable energy power producer Scatec.

A US$57.67 million loan towards the development cost of large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects will be made to South Africa’s public electricity utility Eskom by the African Development Bank. 

State-owned electricity company ESB and energy storage technology company Fluence have announced two new battery projects in Dublin, Ireland.