Battery storage will be a valuable asset for enhancing and upgrading the electric transmission and distribution (T&D) system of California.

The state government of New South Wales in Australia is opening up a competitive procurement process for Waratah Super Battery.

A newly-announced battery gigafactory in the US from startup SPARKZ will make batteries suitable for grid storage and will be built in the heart of Appalachian coal county in West Virginia. 

Dominion Energy Virginia has received approval to expand its portfolio of solar and energy storage.

Island nations Mauritius and Barbados have both begun renewable energy procurement processes that involve energy storage.

Canadian Solar shipped just under 900MWh of battery storage in 2021 but expects to double that figure this year. 

A meeting between energy storage industry representatives and the UK’s energy minister Greg Hands took place last week.

Pivot Power has secured planning permission for two 50MW/100MWh lithium-ion battery storage sites in the UK.

Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) will be the dominant battery chemistry over nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) by 2028, in a global market of demand exceeding 3,000GWh by 2030.

Tesla has been contracted to provide 300MWh of its Megapack BESS for projects in development by Edify Energy in Australia.