Volatility and demand for distributed energy solutions in Australia are among the motivations for UK’s GridBeyond to set up offices there.

Renewable energy developer ZEN Energy has taken on responsibility for a 600-800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Western Australia while the regional government is funding a downstream graphite facility project for battery applications at the same location.

The German energy storage market continued to be dominated by the residential segment in 2021 although utility-scale battery revenues grew by nearly six times year-on-year, according to new figures from the national storage association.

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer unveiled a roadmap to achieving environmental goals, including energy storage deployment targets.

US national energy laboratory Berkeley Lab has released its top 10 findings from a research programme into renewable projects that pair generation with energy storage, so-called hybrid projects.

Amazon has added 37 new renewable energy projects to its portfolio, including two solar-plus-storage plants. 

Google hails project to retrofit data centre with battery storage as a step towards rolling out similar solutions across global fleet.

Battery storage companies raised US$17 billion in corporate funding in 2021 but have raised US$12.9 billion already this year. 

News in brief from around the world in energy storage, this time from the USA.

Energy storage poised for “rapid growth” in US, with between 130GW to 680GW diurnal storage capable of integrating 80% share of renewables by 2050.