Vanadium redox flow battery company CellCube and power electronics company G&W Electric have launched a microgrid solution for the US market, starting with a project at the latter’s HQ in Illinois, US.

System integrator Powin Energy has raised US$135 million from its existing shareholders Trilantic and Energy Impact Partners and new investor GIC, just weeks after a Samsung subsidiary took a minority stake.

We caught up with CSA Group’s Scott Daniels (SD), head of energy and power and Michael Becker (MB), technical specialist – energy storage, to discuss battery energy storage safety, standards and performance testing.

Lithium-ion gigafactory company Northvolt’s energy storage system (ESS) assembly factory in Poland has won a share of €1.8 billion (US$1.8 billion) in EU grant funding, along with a battery recycling plant in north France.

The CEOs of Fluence, Gore Street, Gresham House and six others have penned an open letter calling on policy makers in Europe to set adequate targets and policy frameworks for the deployment of energy storage.

The sale of Dynapower by private equity firm Pfingsten to industrial sensor manufacturer Sensata Technologies has been completed.

Construction has begun on a large-scale hybrid renewable energy project combining wind, solar PV and energy storage in Australia.

Battery system has been installed as part of a project to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions from Singapore’s seaports.

Energy asset developer Rise Light & Power will redevelop its 2,480MW Ravenswood Generating Station – New York City’s biggest power plant – as a new renewable energy hub including on-site energy storage.

Mobile battery storage rental company Greener Power Solutions has raised €45 million (US$45 million) from DIF Capital Partners.