India’s first commercial regulated utility-scale battery storage project has gone into operation, and a new partnership claims it will establish local manufacturing in the country this year.

Clean energy trade body American Clean Power Association (ACP) has released a battery energy storage system (BESS) safety framework outlining key actions and policy recommendations for the industry.

Mining consortium Kamoa Copper and IPP CrossBoundary Energy have agreed a PPA providing baseload renewable energy for one of the largest copper mines globally, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Invinity Energy Systems has been given the green light to deploy a 20.7MWh vanadium redox flow battery system in the UK, the largest in the country.

A PPA between EDF Renewables North America and Southern California Public Power Authority has been terminated after a final cost audit.

AIP Management has agreed to acquire an equity stake from Clearway Energy Group, in Pine Forest, a 300MWac solar PV and 200MW/400MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Texas, US.

Donald Trump has announced his sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ global tariffs, with another new China tariff resulting in an effective doubling of the price of batteries and BESS imported from there to the US.

Equinor-owned East Point Energy has officially withdrawn plans to construct a 116MW standalone BESS in New York State.

Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has closed on US$28 million in project financing for the Calistoga Resiliency Centre (CRC) located in California, US.

The system integration arm of SMA Solar and utility RheinEnergie have partnered to deploy BESS projects in Germany, with construction about to launch on the first.