News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

The US battery storage market is struggling to adapt to rising raw materials costs and has reached a “crisis point”.

Endesa Generación Portugal, part of Enel, has been award the connection rights to develop a renewable energy project combining solar, wind, green hydrogen and a 168.6MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to replace the country’s last coal station.

Emad Zand, president of Northvolt Systems, on factors impacting the growth of a European battery storage industry.

Global energy storage and electric vehicle (EV) technology group NHOA, formerly Engie EPS, doubled its energy storage revenues in 2021 and says it has a €764m pipeline for the segment.

Centrica Business Solutions has acquired a 30MW battery energy storage project which will help manage North Sea offshore wind farms.

Four winners have been selected to receive financial incentives from India’s government, to support plans to build 50GWh annual manufacturing capacity of advanced batteries for EVs and ESS. 

Battery storage will be a valuable asset for enhancing and upgrading the electric transmission and distribution (T&D) system of California.

A newly-announced battery gigafactory in the US from startup SPARKZ will make batteries suitable for grid storage and will be built in the heart of Appalachian coal county in West Virginia. 

Dominion Energy Virginia has received approval to expand its portfolio of solar and energy storage.