Hybrid power plants are the future of the energy market, but smart hardware needs to be supported with smart optimisation, write Isabella Caschetto and Dominic Multerer of CAMOPO.

Utility EWEC (Emirates Water and Electricity Company) has launched an RFP for a 400MW BESS project to be built to support the grid in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

According to Mercom Capital, companies in the energy storage space raised US$15.4 billion in corporate funding globally in the first half of 2024.

World Bank Group has approved plans to develop Botswana’s first utility-scale battery energy storage system with a capacity of 50MW/200MWh.

The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources (MoEWR) of Somalia has issued a competitive tender for the provision of solar and storage technology at 46 different sites in the country.

We hear from industry sources about the reasons for, and implications of, the increasing convergence to the 20-foot, 5MWh+ container as the dominant grid-scale BESS product today.

Over the past few days, non-lithium long-duration energy storage (LDES) technology providers have made a plethora of announcements.

Executives from Sunwoda, one of the world’s largest lithium-ion battery OEMs, share the latest updates around the company’s grid-scale, residential, and commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage system (ESS) activity.

Norway-headquartered renewable energy company Scatec will add 28.6MW of solar PV and 19.2MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) to projects in Cameroon, via a local subsidiary.

Business model innovation and considering how to integrate projects into the wider energy systems will be key for long-duration energy storage (LDES) companies, partners at VC firm RA Capital told Energy-Storage.news.