EPC and developer Eco Stor has broken ground on a 238MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Germany, one of several to have been claimed as the largest in the country.

The number of long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies that will commercialise for applications beyond 24 hours ‘can be counted on one hand’, the CEO of compressed air energy storage (CAES) developer Corre Energy said in an interview.

IPP Neoen has launched construction on the the second phase of its Collie BESS project in Western Australia, following a capacity services contract award.

Market saturation in the Texas, ERCOT ancillary services market is already happening as the BESS buildout accelerates, Energy-Storage.news has heard.

China-based companies Sungrow and Eve Energy are seeing substantial growth in their energy storage product shipments.

Energy Vault and utility NV Energy have put a 220MW/440MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) into operation in Nevada, US.

Developer Enerside Energy has sold a project combining agrivoltaics (agriPV) and a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Italy to Chint Solar.

Hyme Energy has inaugurated a molten hydroxide salt energy storage project in Denmark, the first such deployment in the world, it claimed.

Dublin-listed compressed air energy storage (CAES) project developer Corre Energy has hired investment bank Rothschild to explore the possibility of private investment in the firm.

The New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) has approved five BESS projects while governor Kathy Hochul has announced groundbreaking on a sixth, all in all totalling around 42.5MW of capacity.