Eesti Energi has completed the procurement for its 26.5MW/51MWh BESS, the first of that scale in Estonia, with LG Energy Solution among the successful parties.

A 60MW/80MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Taiwan, supplied by system integrator Fluence, has gone online.

Developer and operator Strata Clean Energy has started construction on its 255MW/1,020MWh Scatter Wash BESS project in Arizona, US.

Arizona utility Salt River Project has welcomed start of operations at battery storage system installed at existing solar PV plant.

Hawaii’s main utility Hawaiian Electric has entered into contract negotiations with the developers of 15 renewable energy projects, including solar, wind and a combined 2.1GWh of energy storage.

Dominion Energy will pilot the deployment of a novel metal-hydrogen battery, making it the latest new non-lithium technology the US utility is trying out.

The national electric utility of Senegal, Senelec, has signed a 20-year capacity change agreement (CCA) with developer Infinity Power for a 40MW/160MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

Longroad Energy has achieved financial close on a large-scale solar-plus-storage in Arizona acquired from solar manufacturer First Solar.

Arizona Electric Power Cooperative (AEPCO) has received board approval to deploy a solar-plus-storage project with up to 940MWh of capacity, after two smaller co-operatives completed smaller co-located projects in the state.

US utility company Georgia Power is gauging interest from providers of potential capacity resources including standalone energy storage, hybrid generation-plus-storage and thermal power plants.