New York state is on course to meet its new 2030 target of 6GW of storage deployment, with storage projects in its interconnection queue growing 50% to 12GW.

EV batteries made by Mercedes-Benz will be given a new lease of life in stationary energy storage systems (ESS). 

Lucky Cement, the largest cement producer in Pakistan, is launching a solar-plus-storage project with 5.589MWh of energy storage, which it claims would be the largest in the country.

Fluence has formed a partnership with TECO Group to pursue energy storage opportunities in Taiwan’s growing market.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage, this time with a distinctly UK flavour.

The global energy storage market will grow to deploy 58GW/178GWh annually by 2030, according to forecasting by BloombergNEF.

The high rates of return in the UK energy storage market seen in the last 6-12 months are unlikely to continue going forward as capex costs increase and ancillary markets saturate.

JSW Energy, part of Indian conglomerate JSW Group, has inked a memorandum of understanding with the Chhattisgarh government to build a 1GW pumped hydro storage project.

A plan to turn Australian island state Tasmania into the ‘Battery of the Nation’ has taken a step forwards.

Microinverter supplier Enphase Energy has been selected by Vermont, US, utility Green Mountain Power to supply its home battery system for a virtual power plant (VPP) programme.