US utility Dominion Energy plans to build 3.5GW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) over the next 20 years according to its recently filed integrated resource plan (IRP).

In this news roundup, Metlen inaugurates a 75MWh BESS in Italy, PNE and Enercon develop a wind and storage project in Germany, and Mirova invests €65 million in Nordic BESS from Ingrid Capacity.

Chinese renewable energy solutions provider Envision Energy will explore renewables opportunities in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada, with Nova Scotia-based Cape Breton China Corp.

Major US utility company Duke Energy has filed its biennial long-range energy modernisation plan for North and South Carolina, US. The plan includes a 5,600MW battery storage target.

A 10MW/10MWh battery storage system at a wind park in the Netherlands has been relocated to a new site as part of a repowering project.

Chinese renewable energy tech company Envision has begun building a factory for wind turbines and energy storage systems (ESS) in Kazakhstan.

A 300MW/600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) developed by Ørsted will be co-located with its Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm onshore substation.

ACWA Power has agreed to deploy wind energy and battery capacity to help power what is claimed will be the Middle East and Africa region’s ‘first battery gigafactory.’

Power from new co-located renewable energy and battery projects in California will be bought by Amazon and a number of Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs).