China continues to lead rankings for involvement in the global battery supply chain, but the chasing pack of other countries is in flux.

Philippines power generator and utility Aboitiz Power will put a 49MW battery energy storage system into commercial operation this month, and has started construction on another.

Greenko will provide 1,500MWh pumped hydro energy storage in India to back Serentica Renewables’ round-the-clock renewable energy offering.

New South Wales is tendering for firming resources that can dispatch energy to the grid for two hours or more.

Vistra Energy plans to build battery storage in place of retiring fossil fuel plants handed boost by FERC.

Lithium-ion gigafactory company FREYR has chosen the state of Georgia for its planned US production facility amidst reports it is in talks to raise US$500 million from private equity firm KKR.

Recently-formed developer Innovo Group is targeting a 1.5GW/9GWh lithium-ion BESS development portfolio in Italy and UK, with the first system in central Italy online in Q1 2024.

H2 Inc, a South Korean vanadium flow battery company, has begun construction of a factory with 330MWh annual manufacturing capacity.

With nearly half of global emissions coming from heat processes, clean long duration energy storage (LDES) which can store thermal energy are crucial for decarbonisation, says a new LDES Council report.

Rolls-Royce is deploying a 30MW/63MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Netherlands, the largest in the country when complete, as well as a 10MWh system in southern Germany.