Electricity Market Authority confirmed the Southeast Asia region’s largest battery storage project on course for commissioning in November.

More corporate funding went into energy storage companies in the first nine months of 2022 than in the entirety of last year.

New developer GridStor has acquired a portfolio of in-development battery storage projects in LA, California, from Upstream Energy, totalling 500MW/2,000MWh.

Spanish renewables platform Matrix Renewables has closed financing for construction of its Gaskell 2 and 3 solar-plus-storage projects.

rPlus Energies has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for 400MWac/200MW solar-plus-storage project in Emery County, Utah.

LG Energy Solution has said that the US is its most important target market, as the company reported record quarterly revenues for Q3 2022.

Automotive group Toyota and utility JERA have commissioned a battery storage system made up of lithium-ion, nickel metal-hydride and lead acid cells, something relatively novel in the sector.

Gravity energy storage company Energy Vault’s battery storage division has been contracted to work on a 250MW two-hour duration project at a solar PV plant in Victoria, Australia.

Construction has started on a 350MW/1.4GWh compressed air energy storage (CAES) unit in Shangdong, China.

Masdar has acquired battery storage developer Arlington Energy in a bid to expand its presence in UK and European renewables markets.