US solar manufacturer T1 Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire vertically integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) company KORE Power.

A 2.1GWh, data centre-paired vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) project in Switzerland will be among the first of its scale that represents a specific use case for the technology, the president of design partner Invinity Energy Systems told Energy-Storage.news.

Two potential game-changing developments for Brazil’s energy storage sector were announced this week by its regulator and its energy ministry.

Four large-scale BESS projects totalling a combined 2.2GWh of capacity in major EU markets can now proceed with construction following successful financing by owners OX2, R.Power, BRUC and Aukera.

The European Commission must “acknowledge the clear role of long-duration energy storage,” organisations including Energy Storage Europe and the LDES Council have urged.

Recharge Power, a Taiwanese battery energy storage system (BESS) developer and integrator, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Australian renewable energy developer Energy Decarb to establish a joint venture targeting the Australian solar PV and battery storage market.

US sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery startup Alsym Energy and domestic manufacturing company Re:Build Manufacturing are partnering to develop commercial-scale battery cell manufacturing capacity in the US.

NTPC Green Energy is tendering EPC contracts to develop 3,300MWh of battery storage at Khavda hybrid renewable energy park in Gujarat, India.

Owner-operator Eco Stor has secured a long-term toll with utility Next Kraftwerke for its 300MW/700MWh project in Förderstedt, Germany, one of the largest being built in the country.

Akaysha Energy’s 415MW/1,660MWh Orana BESS has reached full output, with the facility now listed as operating in Australia’s NEM.