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.

Energy storage and EV infrastructure solutions firm NHOA has commissioned a 31MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Peru for multinational utility and IPP Engie.

The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has approved a US$24 million loan for a solar and storage project in Senegal with a 15MW/45MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

US utility company Georgia Power is gauging interest from providers of potential capacity resources including standalone energy storage, hybrid generation-plus-storage and thermal power plants.