We hear from a managing director at TDK Ventures, investor in sodium-ion BESS company Peak Energy, about the current state and future potential of the technology which most agree is on the cusp of large-scale commercialisation.
Bids for the South West Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) Access Rights in New South Wales (NSW), Australia have exceeded the targeted capacity by four times, while a 100MW solar-plus-storage project has been approved in the same state.
Sweden-headquartered lithium-ion technology Northvolt has concluded its strategic review, revealing it is divesting or ceasing non-core activities, sharpening its focus to battery cell manufacturing and reducing its workforce.
Would-be battery manufacturers that could serve the US energy storage industry with domestically made cells are facing a “perfect storm,” Energy-Storage.news has heard.
Energy storage virtual power plant (VPP) provider Sonnen and contractor ES Solar have sold 18MWh of energy storage systems in Utah, US, as part of the ‘Go Back’ programme.
Battery energy storage system (BESS) integrators Fluence and Saft have launched US domestic manufacturing, of modules and BESS containers respectively.
AES has seen a hybrid wind, solar and BESS project in Chile receive an environmental permit, while Oenergy has suffered a setback for a standalone project.
