Another edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage, with Powin, ESS Inc and New Zealand’s Counties Energy.

According to Lazard, the impact of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) incentives on the business case for battery storage in the US is now significant.

Prevalon, the US battery storage solutions provider spun out of Mitsubishi Power Americas, intends to deploy 2.5GWh of systems using Rept Battero’s technologies this year.

Cumberland Council in England, UK, has granted planning permission for a 200MW/400MWh BESS project from developers Recurrent Energy and Windel Energy which, unless a new grid connection date is agreed, won’t start construction until 2029.

Invinity Energy Systems, a technology company that develops vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB), plans to expand its manufacturing footprint in Scotland, UK.

US renewable energy developer Origis Energy has commissioned a 150MW solar-plus-storage project in the US state of Mississippi.

Market-ready artificial intelligence (AI) is a key feature of battery management to deliver sustainable revenues for a more competitive renewables market, writes Dr Adrien Bizeray of Brill Power.

ZEN Energy’s 138MW/330MWh Templers battery storage project in South Australia has broken ground after clearing the grid connection approval process in ‘record time,’ according to technology provider Sungrow.

Some long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are already cost-competitive with lithium-ion (Li-ion) but will struggle to match the incumbent’s cost reduction potential.

Editor Andy Colthorpe speaks with Long Duration Energy Storage Council director of markets and technology Gabriel Murtagh.