Swathes of energy storage projects including battery storage and pumped hydro have been approved by the regulator in Greece, as the country prepares for a big battery storage auction.

Huge wind power deployments and the limitations of the existing fleet of pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) are driving the battery storage market in Finland, a local system integrator said.

The local subsidiary of global energy firm AES has submitted an EIA for a hybrid renewables plant in Chile with over 3,000MWh of battery energy storage capacity.

A 60MWh battery energy storage project co-located with an existing solar PV plant has been proposed in Spain, the latest to qualify for a recently-announced €150 million package of grants.

The government of South Africa will soon issue a request for proposals (RFP) for 513MW of battery storage.

Developers Fotowatio Renewable Ventures and oEnergy have moved forward with environmental impact assessments (EIA) for two PV co-located battery storage projects in Chile, one of which is an eight-hour lithium-ion system.

Residential solar and battery installer Sunrun has partnered with California utility PG&E to create a new virtual power plant (VPP) combining up to 30MW of new and existing home PV and battery systems for grid reliability.

The virtual power plant (VPP) network of residential solar and battery storage provider Sunrun in the US is being managed by Lunar Energy, a recently-formed firm in which Sunrun is a shareholder.

Major international finance groups have contributed to a raise of more than half-a-billion US dollars in funding for developer Hecate Energy.

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has outlined new draft market rules and policies for energy storage, a month after the country allowed 100% foreign ownership of renewable energy assets.