The number of people in the US working in battery storage continued to grow in 2021, adding nearly 3,000 jobs from the previous year.

Intersect Power has secured US$750 million funding to take its portfolio of renewables, energy storage and green hydrogen projects beyond 8GW.

Grid-scale battery storage has emerged as the preferred option to ensure reliable electricity supplies in regions of New South Wales, Australia.

The first 500MWh of SMC Global Power’s battery storage portfolio has been installed.

As the role of coal declines and ends in Australia’s NEM, huge growth in dispatchable energy storage capacity will be needed in the mix.

ArcLight views its portfolio of existing thermal power plant assets as “excellent potential locations for battery projects”.

FREYR Battery will go ahead with construction of its first battery gigafactory in Norway, which has announced a National Battery Strategy.

News in brief, from another busy week for our colleagues reporting on the UK battery storage market at Solar Power Portal.

Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia has been fined for breaching National Electricity Rules over a three month period in 2019.  

Australia’s Clean Energy Council calls for an energy storage target, while arguing that a plans for a capacity mechanism should be scrapped.