The first utility-scale battery project in Tonga officially opened today at an event attended by the South Pacific Kingdom’s prime minister.

Australia is developing a National Critical Minerals Strategy, including materials for batteries and other clean energy technologies.

A group of former directors and executives at Recurrent Energy have launched development company with initial focus on battery storage.

National Grid Renewables has signed a 140MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with chocolate makers The Hershey Company.

UK government initiative will make $211 million (US$235 million) available over the next three years.

US government grants worth US$2.8 billion to support domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the grid announced.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of a grant of US$2.5 million to the government of Mozambique for feasibility studies into a floating solar PV farm and up to 10 energy storage systems.

Tesla continues to sell battery storage systems faster than it can make them, reporting record-high quarterly deployments in Q3 2022.

Maoneng Group has received equity investment to fast track some of Australia’s biggest battery storage projects.

Renewable energy developer Alight is adding a 2MW/2MWh battery system to a 12MW solar park in Sweden, creating the largest solar-plus-storage project in the country.