Macquarie-backed Eku Energy has completed the financing on its first battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Japan.

Arizona utility Salt River Project has signed agreement for dispatch rights to 250MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

US solar PV and energy storage project developer Strata Clean Energy has signed a long-term tolling agreement for a 150MW/600MWh battery storage project in Arizona, US.

We hear from Gresham House and optimisers Capalo AI and Flower on the BESS industry’s move away from merchant-only models towards more contracted revenues.

Akaysha Energy has closed financing for a battery storage project in New South Wales, Australia that is planned to be in excess of 1,660MWh capacity.

We caught up with the CCO of Dutch-Belgian BESS developer Giga Storage, who discussed the commercialisation of gigawatt-hour-scale projects, BESS pricing and the firm’s expansion.

An event on Monday (24 June) celebrated the opening of two large-scale battery storage systems in the service area of Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP), including the southwest US state’s largest project of its type to date.

Recurrent Energy has closed US$513 million financing on a battery storage project in Arizona, US, which has a 20-year utility tolling agreement in place.

Octopus Energy’s head of flexibility discussed its tolling deal with Gresham House for nearly 1GWh of BESS projects, including how they will fit into its VPP portfolio and whether their energy market activity could change under its control.

A 45MW/90MWh BESS project in the Netherlands will be deployed by developer Dispatch, supplied by system integrator Fluence and optimised by utility Eneco.