Storage

Avantus has started commercial operations at its Aratina 1 project in California, which combines 200MW of solar PV and 500MWh of batteries.

Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) connected 9.1GW of new generation and energy storage to full output in FY26.

The government of Malaysia has unveiled the next round of its Large-scale solar (LSS) program tender seeking 2.5GW solar PV co-located with 1.25GW battery energy storage system (BESS).

JA has begun shipping modules under a multi-gigawatt order bound for a 5.2GW “round-the-clock” solar-plus-storage project in Abu Dhabi.

Zero-E has received 5.3.4A Connection Approval for the 145MWac Moranbah solar-plus-storage site in Queensland.

US IPP Cypress Creek Energy has started construction work at its Steel River Energy Center in Arkansas, which will include 2.5GW of solar PV and sell power to tech giant Google.

Avantus has signed a 20-year PPA with the Clean Power Alliance (CPA) in California for the output of a 200MW solar-plus-storage project.

Masdar has reached financial close on what it called the world’s .first gigascale 24/7 renewable energy project'.

New South Wales (NSW) energy agency EnergyCo has executed a Project Development Deed with transmission operator Transgrid to upgrade a section of the grid between Jerilderie and Wagga Wagga in Australia.

Independent power producer (IPP) Avantus has closed a US$525 million financing package for its Aratina 2 solar-plus-storage project in Southern California, US.