News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Northvolt intends to build its third gigafactory in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

South African grid operator Eskom is close to finalising the launch of 832MWh of battery energy storage development, but eyes are on an even larger upcoming REIPPP-model procurement.

Fluence’s software will be used at the first battery storage project in Australia by Spain’s Gransolar Group. 

New guidelines for procurement and utilisation of battery energy storage systems (BESS) as assets for generation, transmission and distribution and ancillary services have been published by India’s Ministry of Power.

Michigan should target 2,500MW of energy storage deployments by 2030.

Construction has started on what will be the largest battery storage project in Belgium at 25MW/100MWh when completed later this year.

Lithium-ion battery producer SVOLT has announced an energy storage system (ESS) solution having until now predominantly focused on batteries for the electric vehicle (EV) market.

Sungrow will supply a 16MW/64MWh battery energy storage system to a customer in Israel.