Zenobē has begun construction on three battery storage projects in Scotland which will total £750 million (US$892 million) of investment.

BASF will develop and market energy storage systems based on NAS batteries in South Korea in partnership with power-to-gas company G-Philos.

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in the US will be able to compete for a share of “nearly US$350 million” of government funding.

Asset manager BlackRock has acquired US battery energy storage developer Jupiter Power from EnCap Investments.

China continues to lead rankings for involvement in the global battery supply chain, but the chasing pack of other countries is in flux.

Philippines power generator and utility Aboitiz Power will put a 49MW battery energy storage system into commercial operation this month, and has started construction on another.

Greenko will provide 1,500MWh pumped hydro energy storage in India to back Serentica Renewables’ round-the-clock renewable energy offering.

New South Wales is tendering for firming resources that can dispatch energy to the grid for two hours or more.

Vistra Energy plans to build battery storage in place of retiring fossil fuel plants handed boost by FERC.

Lithium-ion gigafactory company FREYR has chosen the state of Georgia for its planned US production facility amidst reports it is in talks to raise US$500 million from private equity firm KKR.