On the last working day before Trump’s inauguration, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced two conditional commitments and one loan closing in Puerto Rico, totalling over US$1.2 billion.

Masdar has announced preferred suppliers and contractors for its 5.2GW solar PV and 19GWh battery storage project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Africa’s energy storage market has seen a boom since 2017, having risen from 31MWh to 1,600MWh in 2024, according to trade body AFSIA Solar’s latest report.

Days before Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced US$22.92 billion in loans across eight projects.

This edition of news in brief focuses on energy storage technologies that are emerging or on the path to commercialisation.

System integrator Powin contributes to the latest of our Year in Review series, after a year in which it expanded into Europe and launched a new BESS product.

Finnish telecoms firm Elisa will manage the charging activity of a 100MWh ‘Sand Battery’ project, optimising its activity in the country’s electricity reserve market.

Officials in Greene County, North Carolina will delay issuing a special use permit for the construction of a hybrid solar and BESS facility proposed by NextEra Energy Resources.

Private equity firm Partners Group has invested in ‘green flexibility’, a BESS platform in Germany, with an initial equity commitment of €400 million.

A new study from Stanford says that sodium-ion batteries will need more breakthroughs in order to compete with lithium-ion (Li-ion).