Another serving of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Rules on battery sustainability, performance and labelling will become more stringent within the European Union (EU).

The Q4 2022 edition of our downstream solar journal, PV Tech Power, includes comprehensive coverage of efforts to diversify the supply chain.

FlexGen has completed the first project in its 40MW buildout for a set of electric cooperative utilities in North Carolina.

ZincFive, a US company developing nickel-zinc battery technology for applications including data centre UPS has closed a Series D round.

Lithium-ion battery pack prices have gone up 7% in 2022, marking the first price rise since BloombergNEF began its surveys in 2010.

Rio Tinto has announced the latest steps in its plan to deploy 1GW of renewable energy for its operations in Pilbara, Australia.

Subsidiary of Indian state-owned power company NTPC has invited bids to deploy battery storage at renewable energy park in Gujarat.

A UK company has received funding to explore potential sites in India for demonstration of its proprietary gravity energy storage technology.

CellCube and North Harbour Clean Energy in talks to build factory in Australia with 1GW/8GWh annual production capacity.