A double-header of Netherlands news, with SemperPower and Corre Energy planning a 640MWh BESS at the latter’s compressed air energy storage (CAES) site and Powerfield commissioning the country’s largest co-located project.

The US federal Department of Energy (DOE) will offer up to US$100 million for pilot-scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects utilising non-lithium technologies.

The consultation in New South Wales, Australia, on reducing the definition of LDES to 4-hours sparked mixed reactions in the energy sector.

Germany-based commercial & industrial (C&I) BESS provider Tesvolt has won its largest order to-date, for a 65MWh project in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Germany has awarded 512MW of capacity to solar-plus-storage projects in its most recent Innovation Tender auction.

Taiwan Cement Corporation’s buyout of NHOA is a “reconfirmation of strategic financial support” from the majority shareholder, Energy-Storage.news has heard.   

The first phase of the world’s largest sodium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS), in China, has come online.

The New South Wales government has deemed three pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sites as “critical” given their importance to the economy.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will provide up to US$229.4 million to ACWA Power to develop a 200MW/500MWh solar-plus-storage project in Uzbekistan.

Construction is underway on Cero Generation’s first solar and storage project in the UK, Larks Green, while its second one will differ substantially on the size of the grid connection.