US-based energy storage project developer and software company Demand Energy has been acquired by Italian utility company Enel.

We report a number of recent executive appointments in the energy storage world including at Trojan and Solarwatt.

The latest step in Hawaii’s clean energy evolution will be the deployment of a 20MW, five-hour duration battery energy storage system paired with 28MW of solar in Kaua’i, to match peak demand with generation.

Lithium mining and extraction companies have made several recent high profile moves to increase their production of the metal, which is used to make the batteries in many stationary energy storage systems and EVs.

Energy storage should be properly valued and supported at federal level in the United States, according to a government document analysing and evaluating energy policy released by officials of the outgoing Obama administration.

Tesla and Panasonic’s Gigafactory in the Nevada desert has now started making high performance cylindrical battery cells of the type used in its stationary storage and forthcoming Model 3.

Canada-headquartered lithium-ion battery manufacturer Electrovaya increased its revenues year-on-year in the financial year which finished at the end of September, but the company also reported increased losses.

Oregon has become the latest US state to lay out its foundations for electricity companies to procure and deploy energy storage systems, with the state Public Utility Commission (PUC) providing guidelines and timelines.

Geothermal power and renewable energy developer Ormat Technologies has signalled its intent to join demand response and energy storage markets with the purchase of Viridity Energy.

German power company innogy SE – the renewables arm of utility RWE – has completed its purchase of Belectric Solar & Battery.