News from Canada, as NB Power issues a request for expressions of interest for 50MW of energy storage, while Boralex commissions its energy storage project with Walpole Island First Nation.

H.I.G. Capital-backed energy platform, Greenflash Infrastructure, has Safe Harboured more than 10GWh of lithium-ion (Li-ion) energy storage capacity.

Australia-based battery technology firm Altech Batteries has received a binding conditional funding approval for a sodium-chloride solid-state battery manufacturing facility in Germany.

Four projects have been selected in Peninsular Malaysia’s first programme to build large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities.

Three battery energy storage system (BESS) developments across Australia have been submitted to the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act, representing a combined capacity of 1,220MWh.

A roundup of updates on BESS projects from SolarMax, Energy Vault, Engie, and Spearmint in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.

On 19 December, a fire occurred at energy storage developer Convergent Energy & Power’s Church Street Battery Storage Facility in Warwick, New York, US.

Fresh off the New Year holiday, Chinese energy storage companies have rolled out successive updates on their IPO progress.

Western Australia has launched the fourth round of its Clean Energy Innovation Grants programme, prioritising long-duration energy storage.

Origin Energy has announced the commercial commencement of the 1,770MWh Eraring Battery 1 in New South Wales, Australia.