Envision Energy has claimed a major step in the race to power AI by deploying a power system that integrates solid-state transformers (SST) with battery energy storage systems (BESS). The company announced the project as the world’s first commercial deployment…
Exide Technologies has released a new mobile application that provides asset owners, facility managers, and operators with remote, real-time monitoring and analytics for its battery energy storage systems (BESS). The E/ Mega CTRL application, available on iOS and Android devices,…
Energy storage owner-operator BW ESS announced today that its 350 MW / 1.24 GW Hams Hall BESS has entered commercial operations in the West Midlands of England, located next to National Grid’s Hams Hall substation. By MWh capacity, it’s now…
German energy company Uniper has signed a seven-year tolling agreement with Stadtwerke Lippstadt for a planned 20 MW/42 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Roßfeld, Germany. The contract is with Lippstädter Ladesäulen GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stadtwerke…
Three standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects developed by Return Energy in Spain’s Basque Country have reached financial close, backed by a €50 million investment. Located in Güeñes, Barakaldo and Lezama, the projects have a combined power capacity of…
Pacific Partnerships, the renewable energy arm of Sydney-headquartered construction and engineering firm Cimic Group, has secured a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Victoria’s SEC for the Chivers Road battery project in northeastern Victoria. The 102 MW, four-hour battery energy…
Mexico’s Energy Ministry (Sener) has extended the registration deadline for standalone battery energy storage projects to March 1, 2027, under a national call covering a reference capacity of 935 MW. The fourth amendment to the Call for Strategic Electricity Generation…
Billpayers could be left to foot an extra GBP 1.6 billion ($2.15 billion) due to a planned cap-and-floor program to support UK long-duration energy storage (LDES) deployment, a campaign led by prominent UK battery storage developers has claimed. A group…
On 21 October, Peak Energy announced its oversubscribed Series B funding round which raised $108 million to advance its grid-scale passive cooling sodium-ion energy storage systems. GM Ventures led the round while other participants included LG Technology Ventures, Maverick Silicon,…
The energy ministries of several West African countries have adopted a regional directive to deploy energy storage technologies, including batteries, across the region. Politicians and experts convened in Accra, Ghana, to discuss the directive, which will amplify the role of…