Farmland and land-use concerns were the primary reasons Bluewater, a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, rejected the Bayfield and Stanley CAES project in mid-August, according to draft meeting minutes and comments by local councillors. The rejection comes even as compressed…
Financial close has been reached for a 15 MW / 60 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Windpark Greenport Venlo (WGV) in the Limburg region, Netherlands. The project initiator, WGV-EOS – a partnership between Greenchoice, ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact…
Reform of Great Britain’s connections queue failed on multiple counts, according to the latest regulator assessment of grid operator National Energy System Operator (NESO)’s performance. The assessment confirms issues UK developers have been highlighting throughout the process. NESO has been…
Mexico’s utility-scale solar pipeline is showing renewed activity, with a succession of projects entering environmental assessment or receiving conditional approval from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat). Projects identified by pv magazine Mexico since early August total more than 3…
Indian renewable energy company Powertrac has ordered a 10 GWh lithium battery pack assembly line with pack-to-container integration as it expands into battery energy storage systems (BESS). Kishorsinh Zala, chairman of Powertrac Group, told pv magazine that the company plans…
BYD has told pv magazine Brazil that it will invest BRL 500 million to establish industrial infrastructure for BESS production in Brazil. The investment will be made progressively as demand and the market develop, with the aim of creating local…
Qualitas Energy has agreed to acquire Cero Generation’s core European solar and battery storage platform from Macquarie Group, adding a 5.8 GW portfolio spanning the United Kingdom, Italy and Spain to its holdings. The acquisition covers more than 2 GW…
A new study by risk assessment firm Centrii paints a sobering picture for the operational technology securing global energy storage fleets. In the study, 10,000 Monte Carlo simulations were run across multiple industry security postures, with the group calculating a…
North Macedonia has begun constructing battery energy storage systems (BESS) this year, according to analysis from Macedonian solar energy association Solar Macedonia. Professor Dimitar Dimitrov, from Skopje’s Ss. Cyril and Methodius University and Solar Macedonia, told pv magazine some of…
Chinese manufacturer Jackery unveiled its latest battery energy storage innovations at IFA 2026 in Berlin, yet outside of the main announcement, one significantly larger-than-normal product on the show floor caught attention. Jackery’s Energycore 100 kWh liquid-cooled energy is what it…