NHPC India has launched a tender for solar-plus-storage, aiming to secure 1.2GW of solar PV capacity alongside 600MW/2,400MWh of storage.

State-owned utility and power generator Eesti Energia has completed and put into commercial operation the first large-scale BESS in Estonia.

Elgin Energy has seen a 330MW solar-plus-storage site featuring a 250MW/500MWh BESS fast-tracked by the Victoria government in Australia.

Allegro Energy has revealed what it claims is Australia’s first locally manufactured microemulsion flow battery (MeFB) suited for LDES.

A total of 11.9GW of energy storage across all scales and technologies was installed in Europe in 2024, bringing cumulative installations to 89GW.

We hear from XL Batteries and Quino Energy, ‘organic’ chemistry flow battery technology companies, about how they plan to scale up and reduce costs to compete with lithium-ion. 

Regulators earlier this month approved a scheme to support grid-scale energy storage facilities, aligned with New York’s 6GW by 2030 policy target.

Drax has outbid Foresight Group LLP to acquire the share capital of the publicly-listed Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) for £200 million (US$239.15 million).

Finnish marine and power technology firm Wärtsilä has ended an 18-month long strategic review of its Energy Storage and Optimisation (ES&O) business, a process which could have led to the firm divesting it.

Sumitomo Electric has followed up the US launch of its newest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology, announcing a deal in Japan.