Goldman Sachs and Cleanhill Partners have swooped to acquire a majority stake in EPC Power, a US manufacturer of power conversion systems.

The US market is on course to reach 13.5GWh of energy storage installations during 2022, according to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

Neoen has proposed building a gigawatt-scale BESS in a region of Australia with close and continuing ties to the coal industry.

Eos Energy Enterprises has progressed to the due diligence stage in its application for a share of US$2.5 billion in US government loans.

Qcells has followed up the start of construction on its first-ever standalone BESS project with the announcement of three more projects.

Battery storage in homes and at businesses contributed to helping the CAISO grid in California afloat during recent difficulties.

Sherif Abdelrazek from energy storage software company Storlytics on one of the major challenges still faced in the BESS space.

London Stock Exchange-listed NESF has launched a joint venture partnership with developer Eelpower worth £200 million (US$233 million).

A large-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery energy storage system made by NGK Insulators will be installed at a former LNG terminal in Japan.

This edition of news in brief comes from another busy week for our colleagues covering the UK energy transition.