This UK edition of news in brief features project news from RWE, Quinbrook, E.On, TagEnergy and Harmony Energy.

Modo Energy has released data confirming a 47% increase in weekly battery energy storage system (BESS) dispatched volume on the grid in Great Britain.

This Friday Briefing focuses on the situation around Cleve Hill Solar Park, a co-located solar and battery project that is the latest to fall foul of its local community.

The UK’s House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has said government must make “major decisions about future energy infrastructure”.

Fluence will supply batteries for a 150MW/300MWh battery storage project for SSE Renewables at Fiddler’s Ferry, Warrington, UK.

System integrator Powin is working on a new grid-scale BESS product to compete with increasingly competitive product from China, senior VP Danny Lu told us, while also discussing its Waratah project in Australia and fire safety.

We heard from system integrator, developer and EPC delegates at the Energy Storage Summit EU in London last month about the implications of falling BESS prices.

Investor NextEnergy Capital has received a US$110 million capital commitment for its solar PV and energy storage-focused fund, NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG).

Developer NatPower has claimed it will invest £10 billion (US$12.8 billion) in the UK’s battery energy storage system (BESS) market, targeting 60GWh of deployments by 2040.

Energy-Storage.news Premium sits down with Helena Li, executive president at Trina Solar, to discuss the launch of Elementa 2, the group’s new integrated battery storage solution.