Grid The 1,000 kV Datong-Huailai-Tianjin SouthUHVAC transmission line has begun construction in China, with a double-circuit line length of 770 kilometers and a completion date of June 2027. Storage RWE has announced it will invest a “mid-three-digit million euro” sum (probably $450 million) into a 600 MW / 1.2 GWh BESS project at the site fo the decommissioned Westfalen coal plant in Hamm, Germany. Samsung SDI has announced it will raise $1.4 billion through a rights issue to support its investments in a Hungary battery factory and all-solid-state battery production line located in South Korea. DTE Energy has issued a Request for Proposals (RfP) for 450 MW of standalone energy storage to be built in the US state of Michigan. …