News in brief from around the world in Energy Storage.

US battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Jupiter Power has turned its second 200MWh BESS online in Texas, bringing its total capacity in the state’s market to 450MWh.

Swiss Life Asset Managers has acquired a 50% stake in BCP Battery Holding, a company with several utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) developments in Germany.

Construction has begun on the first of four battery energy storage systems (BESS) totalling 200MW/200MWh from global system integrator Fluence in Lithuania.

The German parliament has passed law amendments giving energy storage its own legal definition, in a move welcomed by industry sources.

Energy storage solutions company Leclanché claims an addition to its lithium-ion battery can reduce the risk of a thermal event by close to 80%, two months after a fire occurred in its battery production facility.

A pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant with a capacity of 20GWh in Valais, Switzerland, will begin operations on Friday, 1 July.

Energy Dome, an Italy-based company which has developed a novel CO2-based long-duration energy storage system, has closed an US$11 million bridge funding round.

Investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired exclusive project development rights for a 230MW/460MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Wales, UK.

Matthew Lumsden, CEO Connected Energy, talks us through scaling up the business in preparation for an EV boom from 2025 onwards.