The secretary-general of the UN has highlighted the crucial role battery storage can play in tackling the global climate crisis.

European policymakers appear to have a blind spot when it comes to energy storage and its role in the transition away from fossil fuels.

Urban Electric Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with developer Pine Gate Renewables to supply the latter up to 4,550MWh of its zinc batteries over the next five years.

European Union plan to transition away from dependency on Russian fossil fuel imports has been released in draft form.

Cellcube has signed a five-year agreement with an energy asset developer to deploy 1GW-plus of its vanadium redox flow batteries (VFRBs) in Southern Africa, but CEO Alexander Schoenfeldt tells Energy-Storage.news the company’s supply chain has a long way to go before getting to that kind of number.

Battery storage system safety was at the top of the agenda for many vendors and their customers at ees Europe last week.

Battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity in Italy reached 587MW/1,227MWh in the first three months of 2022, of which 977MWh is distributed energy storage, according to the national renewables association, ANIE Rinnovabili.

The US government Department of Energy has issued a Request for Information as it prepares to rollout a package worth more than half a billion dollars to support development and commercialisation of long-duration energy storage.

Intersolar Europe event saw a number of energy storage-related announcements from Chinese solar PV industry players.

Iron flow battery company ESS Inc continues to await recognition of revenues, but has “strong confidence” in its trajectory towards profitability.