KORE Power, a company building a lithium-ion gigafactory in Arizona, has launched a full service storage integrator division with the acquisition of an existing provider.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

A newly-announced battery gigafactory in the US from startup SPARKZ will make batteries suitable for grid storage and will be built in the heart of Appalachian coal county in West Virginia. 

Dominion Energy Virginia has received approval to expand its portfolio of solar and energy storage.

Island nations Mauritius and Barbados have both begun renewable energy procurement processes that involve energy storage.

Swedish public utility Vattenfall has opened its Energypark Haringvliet in the Netherlands, which combines wind, solar and a 12MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Canadian Solar shipped just under 900MWh of battery storage in 2021 but expects to double that figure this year. 

A meeting between energy storage industry representatives and the UK’s energy minister Greg Hands took place last week.

We caught up with GridBeyond’s asset development director Chris Smith to discuss optimising utility scale batteries.

Pivot Power has secured planning permission for two 50MW/100MWh lithium-ion battery storage sites in the UK.