Government-backed energy storage announcements continue to roll out of Queensland, with the Australian state set to begin a ‘Neighbourhood Battery’ programme.

Green Deal Industrial Plan has been welcomed by the European Association for Storage of Energy, although mentions of energy storage included in a leaked draft seen by the industry group were absent from the final publication.

The virtual power plant (VPP) network of residential solar and battery storage provider Sunrun in the US is being managed by Lunar Energy, a recently-formed firm in which Sunrun is a shareholder.

California’s net metering successor is controversial, but residential battery storage providers Neovolta and Sonnen have greeted it warmly.

Zinc-air flow battery company Zinc8 Energy Solutions has won US$9 million in state tax credits for its new manufacturing facility in Ulster County, New York.

India’s upcoming Union Budget should include tax-based incentives for energy storage, the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) has said.

Energy storage deployments by electric carmaker and tech company Tesla grew 64% year-on-year, reaching 6.5GWh in 2022.

The first vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) installation in Norway, a 5kW/25kWh system, was unveiled this week.

TAE Technologies, a company involved in developing nuclear fusion technologies, has launched a subsidiary focusing on stationary energy storage and electric transport.

Fuergy, a Slovakia-based company providing energy storage and management solutions, has raised €16 million (US$17.4 million) from local private equity firm Pro Partners Holding.