Battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Fluence will use its AI-powered bidding optimisation software Mosaic for 3.64GWh of Akaysha Energy BESS in Australia.
Australian energy major AGL Energy has received approval from the New South Wales government for its 500MW/2,000MWh Tomago battery energy storage system (BESS).
Second life energy storage and BMS firm Element Energy has commissioned the largest project in the world using repurposed EV batteries, it claimed, with LG Energy Solutions (ES) Vertech revealed as a system integration partner going forward.
Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Jr attended as construction began on what is thought to be the world’s largest power plant to combine solar PV and battery storage.
France-headquartered IPP and utility EDF has secured financial close for the second and third of a three-project BESS portfolio in South Africa, projects that won long-term contracts under the country’s BESIPPPP scheme.
Victoria’s State Electricity Commission (SEC) and developers Wirsol and Edify Energy have seen a collective 1.4GWh of solar-plus-storage projects progress this week in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.
Energy storage developer Eku Energy has started constructing a 250MW/500MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) has become the next IPP to seek approval of a renewable energy development incorporating battery storage via the California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) opt-in process, as permitted under Assembly Bill (AB) 205.
EVLO’s battery energy storage system (BESS) solution has been recertified for the UL9540 standard ahead of deployments for US utility Dominion Energy in Virginia.
A roundup from a very busy fortnight of UK BESS news, with major project announcements from Field, Cero Generation, Fidra Energy, Sungrow, Green Nation and Low Carbon, as well as ESB and SSE news items from neighbouring Ireland.
