Construction group Eiffage and system integrator Entech have created a joint venture entity to design and build battery energy storage system (BESS) projects connected to the high-voltage network in France.
The regulator in Germany has given the green light to transmission system operator (TSO) Amprion’s five ‘decentralised grid booster’ BESS projects, totalling 250MW.
A 100MW battery storage project in the UK connected to National Grid’s transmission network has gone online, developed by Pacific Green on the former site of a coal plant.
Netherlands-based developer Giga Storage has announced its first project outside home turf, with a 300MW/1,200MWh transmission-connected BESS planned in neighbouring Belgium.
Amp Energy has made a grid connection agreement for a large-scale battery storage project in South Australia which has been welcomed by ministers in the state’s government.
Norwegian state-owned power producer Statkraft has enlisted system integrator Fluence for a 50MW, transmission system-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) in the UK.
Western Australia (WA) has said it will provide funding for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects that will be among the biggest in Australia to date.