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News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

South African grid operator Eskom is close to finalising the launch of 832MWh of battery energy storage development, but eyes are on an even larger upcoming REIPPP-model procurement.

Construction has started on what will be the largest battery storage project in Belgium at 25MW/100MWh when completed later this year.

Lithium-ion battery producer SVOLT has announced an energy storage system (ESS) solution having until now predominantly focused on batteries for the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Energy Dome has scored its first commercial licensing agreement for its carbon dioxide-based energy storage solution.

Science safety leader UL has created a certification service for energy storage equipment subassemblies (ESES) to achieve UL 9540, allowing large storage assets to procure certified components when building systems.

There is still plenty of educating decision-makers on storage’s place on the grid to do for US states to follow in the footsteps California and Texas.

Honeywell and Duke Energy will jointly develop and deliver microgrid solutions to US cities.