Microsoft will be the latest big tech player to use battery storage at data centres which will provide grid flexibility services.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Enervenue has already got 5GWh of customer orders for its metal-hydrogen battery for stationary storage.

German home energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) company sonnen has deployed 86 of its ecoLinx batteries in a new-build complex in Florida, US.

The number of people in the US working in battery storage continued to grow in 2021, adding nearly 3,000 jobs from the previous year.

News in brief from around the world in Energy Storage.

As the role of coal declines and ends in Australia’s NEM, huge growth in dispatchable energy storage capacity will be needed in the mix.

FREYR Battery will go ahead with construction of its first battery gigafactory in Norway, which has announced a National Battery Strategy.

Energy storage can enhance the reliability and lower the costs of operating and maintaining Ontario’s electricity distribution network.

Matthew Lumsden, CEO Connected Energy, talks us through scaling up the business in preparation for an EV boom from 2025 onwards.