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.

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.