More news in brief from around the world in energy storage, featuring vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), bankruptcy for a thermal storage startup and a new integrated lithium tech.

Pre-construction activities commenced this week on Rangebank BESS, a 200MW/400MWh project in Victoria, Australia.

Summit Ridge Energy has commissioned two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in New York City which will help reduce the grid’s reliance on diesel-fueled generation.

AES Andes, a subsidiary of US multinational AES Corporation, has completed the largest battery system project in Latin America with an output of 112MW.

Independent power producer (IPP) Clearway Energy has closed US$421 million in financing for the 147MW/588MWh four-hour Rosamund Central Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Kern County, California.

NGK Insulators will supply a sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery storage system to a project for utility Sala Energy in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture.

NHOA Energy’s EBITDA for H1 2023 dropped by 38.8% year-on-year to €1.11 million (US$1.23 million) but the company expected the EBITDA for 2023 to reach up to €10 million.

Spearmint Energy is nearing the completion of its first project, a 150MW/300MWh battery storage system in Texas using Sungrow BESS equipment.

The US Department of Energy will commit US$30 million in new awards and funding opportunities for energy storage solutions.

More and more Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) over where energy storage systems get built are requiring battery storage projects to have active means of protection against potential explosion.