The second life energy storage market is about to enter a consolidation phase, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Energy tells Energy-Storage.news.

The Energy Storage Summit 2023 was attended by more than a thousand delegates and featured a veritable who’s-who of the sector.

A major upturn in US energy storage deployments is expected as a direct consequence of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Long-duration energy storage was firmly on the agenda and among the talking points of attendees at Energy Storage Summit EU in London.

The global need for grid-scale energy storage will rise rapidly in the coming years as the transition away from fossil fuels accelerates.

Battery storage can enhance the operation of power plant fleets, whether wind, solar, coal, gas or almost any other technology.  

“Overall we are very happy with the direction of the budget,” says Dr Rahul Walawalkar, president of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA).

Australia and New York are two very different places but both are likely to soon see their first government-backed tenders in which grid-scale energy storage can compete.

Solar Media Market Research analyst Mollie McCorkindale offers insight into the market’s progress in 2022, another record-breaking year.

European policy makers need to strengthen the role of flexibility technologies, write Fluence’s Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan.