National Grid Renewables has signed a 140MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with chocolate makers The Hershey Company.

ABO Wind has commissioned its first standalone battery energy storage system (BESS), in Kells, Northern Ireland. 

US government grants worth US$2.8 billion to support domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the grid announced.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of a grant of US$2.5 million to the government of Mozambique for feasibility studies into a floating solar PV farm and up to 10 energy storage systems.

Tesla continues to sell battery storage systems faster than it can make them, reporting record-high quarterly deployments in Q3 2022.

Maoneng Group has received equity investment to fast track some of Australia’s biggest battery storage projects.

Dominion Energy has taken another small step towards Virginia’s energy transition, acquiring a 15.7MW battery storage project in development.

Manufacturing firm Arxada has started producing Prussian blue materials for Natron sodium-ion battery production while US-based Mitra Chem has hired EPC firm Bechtel to design its LFP cathode facility.

Renewable energy developer Alight is adding a 2MW/2MWh battery system to a 12MW solar park in Sweden, creating the largest solar-plus-storage project in the country.

Liquid metal battery company Ambri is to deliver a pilot system to Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, which invested in the company last year.