The US government Department of Energy is looking for public input into how US$675 million of funding for R&D into Critical Materials should be best directed.

The first battery energy storage system (BESS) in New York City using Tesla Megapacks, a 12MWh system in the Bronx by NineDot, has been inaugurated.

SPAC Mustang Energy PLC is increasing its effective stake in CellCube to around 25% while a company launching a vanadium mine project in Australia has injected US$3.5 million in a new flow battery maker.

Australian startup MGA Thermal has bagged around US$1 million in government funding for a 5MWh thermal energy storage project while Israel-based Brenmiller Energy has inaugurated a 1MWh unit in Brazil.

Construction has begun on two large-scale solar projects paired with battery storage in Hawaii from AES Corporation.

Genex Power has bought up a 2GW clean energy project which it intends to build in five stages in Queensland, Australia.

Republic of Maldives has reopened a tender process, seeking to procure 40MWh of battery energy storage systems.

US battery energy storage system integrator FlexGen has launched a new product for distributed and behind-the-meter applications.

Tax incentives for energy storage included in the US’ Inflation Reduction Act could mean fewer solar-plus-storage hybrid plants are built.

Onslow, Western Australia, is powered almost entirely by renewables, and the utility behind the project wants to roll out the technology.