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.

Canada-based renewable energy firm Boralex has turned on a 3.3MWh battery storage unit attached to a wind farm in France.

Nearly double the megawatt-hours of large-scale BESS under construction in Australia by the end of 2022 compared to 2021.

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) firm e-Zinc is targeting a gigafactory in the US by 2025 and is considering adjusting its planned project with Toyota Tsusho, it told Energy-Storage.news.

ACWA Power has signed agreements to develop 1.4GW of solar PV and 1.2GW of energy storage projects in Uzbekistan.

Hitachi Energy has installed a 6.25MW/7.5MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Faroe Islands for utility SEV, with substantial benefits to a connected wind farm.

ACWA Power has signed a partnership agreement to develop a large-scale wind energy and battery storage project in Kazakhstan.

The US utility-scale battery storage sector achieved its highest-ever annual deployments in 2022, a year in which solar PV and wind underperformed against expectations.

TransAlta has acquired a 50% stake in an early-stage development pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Alberta.

The US’ installed base of large-scale battery storage systems is expected to double in megawatt terms during 2023.