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• January 2024: 3E partners partnered with SynaptiQ to reveal their joint effort with The Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation (EAFU), a Ukrainian charitable organization committed to tackling the energy poverty challenge arising from the Russian invasion. This collaboration signifies a noteworthy advancement in enhancing the effectiveness of EAFU's primary endeavor, particularly in ensuring an uninterrupted power supply for schools and hospitals impacted by the conflict in Ukraine.
• October 2023: ABB approved Zincfive as a supplier of nickel-zinc batteries alongside lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries for their UPS systems. ZincFive's BC series of nickel-zinc battery cabinets can be installed and supported as part of an ABB uninterruptible power supply system.

• June 2023: The Indian government shall offer USD 455.2 million as incentives to the companies for installing battery energy storage projects of 400 MWh. The government intends to reach its 2030 goal of 500 MW of renewable capacity.
• April 2023: At the Dhule substation in Maharashtra, India Grid Trust completed its first battery energy storage system (BESS) project in conjunction with solar panels.

• In November 2022, Harmony Energy Income Trust, an investment firm, announced that its Pillswoodproject in Yorkshire, UK, had gone live four months earlier than planned. According to Harmony, the 98MW/196MWh facility is Europe's largest BESS project by MWh. This is enough to power approximately 300,000 UK homes for two hours. The project will provide balancing services to the UK electricity grid network using a Tesla two-hour Megapack. Harmony Energy developed the project, with Tesla overseeing construction. Autobidder, Tesla's algorithmic trading platform, will manage the project.
• In September 2022, Global energy company RWE announced they would bring a 72MW battery energy storage system (BESS) online by the end of 2022 in Werne, Germany. The two BESS units are made up of 420 lithium-ion batteries having a combined output of 117 MW.
• In June 2022, Warstillaannounced to partner with SSE Plc to deliver 50 MW/ 100 MWh of battery energy storage system in Salisbury, United Kingdom, for the SSE solar power plant, and the battery energy storage system is expected to be commissioned in September 2023.

• April 2024: The Srikail gas field in Cumilla signed a contract to receive three wellhead compressors with a capacity of 10 million cubic feet per day, along with related infrastructure, owing to a deal inked by Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd and SC Euro Gas Systems SRL, Romania.
• March 2023: Sapphire Gas Solutions and Bauer Compressors Inc. announced a national partnership between the two companies. This partnership allows Sapphire to install, construct, and maintain a group of state-of-the-art Bauer-manufactured gas compressors and offer OEM parts servicing multiple vital industries covering the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

• April 2024: Apple announced forming a joint venture with renewable energy developer CleanMax to invest in six rooftop solar projects to power its operations in India. The solar project is expected to have a total capacity of 14.4 MW and, when operational, will provide a local solution to power the company’s offices and two retail stores in Mumbai and New Delhi.
• March 2024: GAIL (India) announced an invitation for bids regarding a rooftop solar project. This project is expected to involve designing, supplying, installing, testing, and commissioning a grid-tied rooftop solar PV (photovoltaic) system. Additionally, this initiative includes a comprehensive 5-year Annual Maintenance Contract (AMC) to supply electricity generated by the project to the Krishna Godavari Basin area.

• January 2024: 3E partners partnered with SynaptiQ to reveal their joint effort with The Energy Act for Ukraine Foundation (EAFU), a Ukrainian charitable organization committed to tackling the energy poverty challenge arising from the Russian invasion. This collaboration signifies a noteworthy advancement in enhancing the effectiveness of EAFU's primary endeavor, particularly in ensuring an uninterrupted power supply for schools and hospitals impacted by the conflict in Ukraine.
• October 2023: ABB approved Zincfive as a supplier of nickel-zinc batteries alongside lithium-ion and lead-acid batteries for their UPS systems. ZincFive's BC series of nickel-zinc battery cabinets can be installed and supported as part of an ABB uninterruptible power supply system.

• April 2023: ArcelorMittal announced that the company's Brazilian entity, ArcelorMittal Brazil, formed a joint venture with the Brazilian renewable energy company Casa dos Ventos to develop the 554 MW Babilonia wind power project. The project is expected to be developed at a cost of USD 800 million and will be located in the central region of Bahia, northeast Brazil. ArcelorMittal is anticipated to hold a 55% share in the joint venture, and the remaining share will be held by Casa dos Ventos.
• January 2023: Cepsa announced that it would build three new solar power projects in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. The total capacity of the three solar energy farms is expected to be 400 MW. The projects are expected to be developed with an investment of USD 305 million in the towns of Campo de Criptana and Arenales de San Gregorio.
• May 2022: NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) started construction on an 8.9-MW floating solar installation in Millburn, New Jersey, which is expected to be the largest floating array in the United States. The project uses a floating racking system, and 16,510 solar panels are expected to be installed on a reservoir located at the New Jersey American Water Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant. The clean power generated by the array is anticipated to provide approximately 95% of the facility's annual power needs through a power purchase agreement with CEV.

• February 2024: TotalEnergies SE announced that it concluded a deal with Synergia to acquire the 59 MW Dehesa Nueva del Rey solar PV project in Toledo province. Located in the town of Sesena, the project was to have over 95,000 solar PV panels and will be capable of meeting the energy demand of over 33,000 homes annually.
• December 2023: MET Group announced that the company’s first solar projects in Spain had started commercial operations. The Puerto Real 3 project is spread across an area of 130 hectares, which includes over 88,000 solar panels. The project installed capacity of 50 MW and is located in the Andalusia region.

• March 2023: Solitek announced the construction of a solar PV module manufacturing factory in Italy with a 600 MW annual capacity. The company is expected to build its facility in the Benevento region with a EUR 50 million (USD 53.5 million) investment and come online in quarter two of 2024. Also, the company plans to add storage system production with a 1 GWh/year capacity.
• March 2023: An Italian solar panel manufacturer, FuturaSun, announced plans to construct a 2 GW solar module manufacturing facility in Veneto, Italy. The company was expected to invest EUR 25 million (USD 26.4 million) in the new facility, which will likely produce high-efficiency solar panels. It has acquired 24,000 square meters of land for this new factory.

• January 2024: automotive battery maker - Amara Raja Batteries Ltd announced its plans to operate a gigafactory before the end of 2025. In May 2023, the company laid the foundation stone for one of its first gigafactories in the Mahbubnagar district in Telangana, India, that is expected to produce Lithium Cell and Battery Packs with a capacity of up to 16 GWh and 5 GWh, respectively.
• December 2023: Himadri Speciality Chemical Ltd announced its plan to invest INR 48.00 billion (USD 576 million) over the next 5–6 years in setting up a plant that is likely to produce 2 lakh tonnes of lithium iron phosphate, a key material for making lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles.