Stanford University and Argonne National Laboratory will lead R&D efforts in emerging battery and energy storage technologies funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE).

Augmentation and end-of-life disposal look set to grow in significance in the next few years in the US, with nearly 1.5GW/3GWh of BESS projects now four years old or more.

IPP Clearway Energy Group has closed US$550 million in financing for a solar-plus-storage project with a 118MW BESS in Kern County, California.

South Korea-based H2, Inc will deploy a 1.1MW/8.8MWh vanadium flow battery (VFB) in Spain in a government-funded project.

Indian multinational conglomerate Reliance Industries is on track to open solar and battery storage production facilities by the end of this year and next, respectively.

AEMO has said that despite concerns about grid reliability in 2027-28, energy storage projects will help alleviate some of these concerns.

Renewable energy portfolio management software company EnSights has launched a tool for calculating the optimal sizing of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

Clean Energy Associates (CEA) has released its latest pricing survey for the BESS supply landscape, touching on pricing and product trends.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has authorised a new centralised strategy for procuring long-lead-time resources, including long-duration energy storage (LDES).

IPP Vitis Energy has acquired a 200MW BESS project in the ERCOT, Texas market from developer Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES).