A demonstration facility to prove out Australia’s capabilities in critical minerals processing will be built in North Queensland.

The local authority in an Ontario municipality has backed energy company Enbridge’s three battery storage projects in the Canadian province.

ASX-listed Altech Chemicals and research institute Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft have progressed plans for a 100MWh plant in Germany to produce the latter’s energy storage-focused sodium solid state battery technology.

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

East Point Energy, a US-based clean energy developer, is on its first drive to buy up projects since the company’s acquisition by Equinor.

Construction on a 550MW/6GWh pumped hydro energy storage project in Estonia will begin in summer 2024 after it was given the green light by regulators.

Aypa Power has secured US$320 million to advance activities including interconnection agreements and customer contracts for a 15GW+ pipeline.

Energy Vault is expecting full-year revenue for 2022 of US$142-152 million, ahead of previous guidance of US$75-100 million.

EU reforms of electricity market should recognise value of flexibility options like energy storage, according to representatives of Fluence.

NV Energy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for dispatchable energy and energy storage resources for the Nevada utility’s service area.