Rio Tinto becomes latest mining giant to tap solar-plus-storage
Mining giant Rio Tinto is to develop a large-scale solar-plus-storage system at an iron ore mine in Western Australia, continuing a trend of hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects in the region.
KORE Power shipments edge closer as ‘major growth milestone’ reached
KORE Power has edged closer to the launch of its Mark 1 battery cells after the company landed a handful of product safety certifications.
Japan’s energy transition ‘will require massive scale’ of distributed asset aggregation
For Japan, the famous 4Ds of the energy transition - creating a distributed, decarbonised, decentralised and digitised grid - will involve a huge scaling up of smart solutions on a market basis, various sources have told Energy-Storage.news.
UK government seeks to slam shut battery storage Capacity Market loophole
New proposals from the UK government intend to slam shut a loophole that had allowed for battery storage projects in the country to access more favourable payments for their flexible capacity.
Leclanché lands fresh funding in bid to treble cell manufacturing capacity
Swiss energy storage firm Leclanché has landed a new financing package from a US equity fund to help fuel its expansion.
Honeywell’s Xtralis lithium fire safety tech: ‘prevention is much better than cure’
The fire unit at global multinational engineering firm Honeywell made its first move into lithium-ion safety in recognition of battery storage’s “huge potential” for decarbonisation and to help the world move “in a more energy efficient way”, the company has said.
100MW UK battery storage site under construction as Shell signs power offtake deal
A 100MW battery storage project - consisting of two 50MW batteries - has begun construction in the UK.
California Energy Commission considers lithium extraction in-state from geothermal pools
In addition to Silicon Valley, California could also be host to its own “Lithium Valley” as the US state’s Energy Commission met last week to discuss extracting the vital battery ingredient from geothermal brine.
Giga-Sweden: Startup Northvolt plans ‘greenest’ ESS as well as EV batteries
Northvolt, the startup which recently netted a US$1 billion equity raise for its initial lithium battery ‘gigafactory’ in Sweden, has said that its ambitions extend deep into the energy storage solutions space, in addition to its involvement with major carmakers.
All signs point to energy storage’s rapid growth beyond 2020
As we move into a new decade, the question is whether the burgeoning US energy storage industry will be able to maintain its current path of rapid growth. All signs suggest that it will, argues Ricardo F. Rodriguez of Navigant Research.
Virginia’s energy storage target goes one-up on New York State
Virginia lawmakers passed a bill to support the US Commonwealth’s electric grid going 100% “clean” by 2050, which includes an energy storage deployment target of 3.1GW by 2035.
ROUNDUP: UK Capacity Market, W Australia revenue surge, Moixa’s AI software joins EV chargers
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Honeywell pairs up fire safety tech with Li-ion Tamer’s gas detection products
Honeywell is rolling out fire detection and safety technologies for lithium-ion batteries via its Building Technologies business unit, combining it with alternative energy innovation group Nexceris’ gas detection systems.
BASF partners with ‘metal-free’ flow battery startup JenaBatteries
Multinational chemicals company BASF has furthered its interest in the energy storage industry, partnering on the development of ‘metal-free’ flow battery electrolytes with German startup JenaBatteries.
Dutch wind farm operator contracts Greener Engineering for ‘mobile’ stationary batteries
While energy storage system (ESS) batteries are often described as stationary storage to distinguish them from batteries used in automotive applications, a new partnership in Europe turns containerised ESS into mobile power sources.
AKASOL signs €20 million e-mobility battery ‘Gigafactories’ deal with Manz
Manz AG, manufacturing equipment supplier, has signed off on a €20 million (US$21.83 million) deal with “high performance” battery maker AKASOL for planned ‘gigafactories’ in Germany and in the US.