Island nations Mauritius and Barbados have both begun renewable energy procurement processes that involve energy storage.

Swedish public utility Vattenfall has opened its Energypark Haringvliet in the Netherlands, which combines wind, solar and a 12MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Canadian Solar shipped just under 900MWh of battery storage in 2021 but expects to double that figure this year. 

Lithium iron phosphate (LFP) will be the dominant battery chemistry over nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) by 2028, in a global market of demand exceeding 3,000GWh by 2030.

The European Commission’s plan to lower dependency on Russian gas imports needs to focus on pairing renewable energy with energy storage.

Li-Cycle has seen its revenues rise although the cost of expansion to meet expected future demand remains high.

Wisconsin investor-owned utilities Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and WEC Energy have received regulatory approval to buy a 200MW solar and 110MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Kenosha County.

Jaguar Land Rover is developing an energy storage system (ESS) unit powered by second life batteries from its electric vehicles.

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced financial support for four technology sector manufacturing projects, including a vanadium processing plant.

Reliance New Energy Limited, part of the massive Indian conglomerate, has acquired LFP battery manufacturer Lithium Werks for US$61 million two months after buying a sodium-ion battery producer.