Mining giant Rio Tinto has invested US$10 million in battery materials company Nano One, a few weeks after Nano One acquired the lithium iron phosphate cathode business of Johnson Matthey.

Sembcorp is building 200MWh of battery storage systems on Singapore’s Jurong Island, home to much of the country’s industrial activity.

Gujarat will sign power purchase agreements for renewables paired with energy storage to bring electricity to off-grid villages.

European battery energy storage deployments are expected to plateau over 2024-27 due to lithium-ion scarcity whilst the continent will need 200GW by 2030 to accommodate additional renewables, according to a new report and webinar.

Power and automation technology company ABB will lead a turnkey project for a shore-to-ship power solution in Toulon, south France, using a 2.35MW/4.7MWh lithium-ion battery.

‘Innovative long-duration storage technology’ from Lockheed Martin will be deployed at the US Army’s Fort Carson in Colorado.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

GE Renewable Energy will triple its solar and battery energy storage manufacturing capacity at its newly launched Renewable Hybrids factory in India by the end of 2022.

Australian renewable energy developer Edify Energy has secured project financing for three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in New South Wales totalling 150MW/300MWh.

Actions taken this month by the US government to support solar industry unlikely to come at the expense of support for energy storage.