Chile’s Environmental Assessment Service (SEA) has approved the environmental impact statement for the Sidon Solar photovoltaic project, which will include 158.17 MWdc of solar generation and 1,296 MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity. Sidon Solar SpA, established by…
BESS owner-operator Return has put its 100MW/200MWh Antares BESS in the Netherlands into commercial operation, the largest to have reached that stage in the country as far as we know.
The latest report from energy industry data analyst SunWiz shows 311.8 MW of small-scale solar (0-100 kW) was registered across Australia in September 2026, a 7.29% increase on the 290 MW installed during the previous month. The September tally is one…
Annual battery energy storage system (BESS) failures per-deployed-GWh declined 98% globally between 2018 and 2025, as installed BESS capacity grew exponentially.
Renewable energy developer and independent power producer Linea Energy has closed project debt financing and a preferred equity commitment for the Mesa View battery energy storage system (BESS), a 250 MW/500 MWh standalone facility in Upton County, Texas. The debt…
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), announced the first investment from its new bioenergy fund, with the clean infrastructure investor backing Italian-based biomethane development platform Via Verde. The investment follows the launch earlier this year by CIP of its Advanced Bioenergy Fund…
AI data centres have energy and power requirements demanding enough to potentially stretch lithium-ion beyond its versatile limits, writes Intertek CEA market intelligence consultant Aaron Marks.
Brazilian battery storage integrator YOU.ON Energia and Chinese energy storage provider HyperStrong have signed a binding agreement to jointly participate in Brazil’s 2026 battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity reserve auctions, scheduled for December. The partnership combines HyperStrong’s BESS technology…
A French court has confirmed that a BESS can be compatible with agricultural activity, potentially easing development constraints for battery projects on land used for farming. The Nantes Administrative Court of Appeal recorded the French Ministry of Housing and Urban…
Eku Energy has signed CBAs with Gladstone Regional Council and Western Downs Regional Council for two BESS projects in Queensland.