Fastmarkets analysts Muthu Krishna and Phoebe O’Hara look at the potential of solid-state and sodium-ion batteries to scale up and ease the pressure on lithium-ion NMC and LFP battery chemistries, which currently dominate the EV and ESS markets.

With the RE+ clean energy expo in Las Vegas, US, coming to an end, we bring you a roundup of the major energy storage product announcements, including from Hithium, Sunwoda and Power Edison.

Volvo Energy, part of the automotive and engineering company Volvo Group, and UK-based second life BESS firm Connected Energy have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a BESS solution.

Renewable energy firm Enlight has commissioned two solar-plus-storage projects in Israel in the last few weeks, totalling 71MWh of energy storage capacity.

John Leonti, head of the energy transactional practice at law firm Troutman Pepper, reflects on the year since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed, and considers what we might see going forward, in a Q&A.

China-headquartered lithium-ion battery manufacturer Gotion High-Tech has announced a new US$2 billion gigafactory in Illinois, US, targeting the EV and energy storage system (ESS) markets.

RayGen, a startup with a novel high-temperature thermal energy storage tech, has marked opening of a 50MWh plant in Victoria, Australia.

Confirming reports made earlier this week, UK battery storage developer Zenobē Energy has secured c.£600 million from investment firm KKR.

Oil and gas major Shell is putting its residential battery storage and virtual power plant (VPP) company sonnen up for sale, according to German outlet Handelsblatt.

The inaugural Energy Storage Awards are rapidly approaching, and the shortlist has been picked out by our panel of esteemed judges.