Pacific Green has followed its ramp up of activities in the UK with moves to secure land for a pipeline of projects in Australia.

German-Norwegian firm Eco Stor has revealed another 300MW/600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Germany, with construction planned for the end of 2024.

Octopus Investments Australia has bought one of the biggest BESS projects in development in the country, from developer Firm Power.

Sodium-ion battery technology firm Peak Energy has emerged from stealth, with US$10 million in funding and a management team comprising ex-Northvolt, Tesla, Enovix and SunPower executives.

The US Department of Defense Defense Innovation Unit will try out ‘prototype advanced energy systems’ based around LDES technologies.

Tucson Electric Power, a utility company in the US state of Arizona, plans to own and operate a 200MW/800MWh battery storage system.

Developer Redelfi and investor WRM Group have signed a term sheet to create a joint venture (JV) targeting 2.8GW of standalone battery storage investments in Italy over a three-year period.

A renewable energy subsidiary of the Philippine conglomerate Lopez Group has contracted for the deployment of battery energy storage system (BESS) resources at three geothermal sites.

Over 400MW of solar-plus-storage projects win Innovation Tender contracts in Germany

Round-trip efficiency of alternative storage technologies is the standout metric for assessing their potential versus lithium-ion.