The downstream arm of vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals and other industry sources have responded to yesterday’s article about flow battery technology’s suitability for a tender in South Africa.

Elcora is developing a vanadium pentoxide plant in Morocco to complement raw materials extraction.

The 513MW battery storage tender in South Africa has challenging domestic content and location requirements while flow battery projects will not meet the RTE requirement, consultants told Energy-Storage.news.

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is funding the assessment of a large-scale battery energy storage project in Zambia, which could grow into a 400MWh nationwide rollout.

Enel X and Magaldi Group have begun construction on 13MWh thermal energy storage plant based on patented technology.

Cameron Murray talks to industry experts about the physical security risks to battery storage sites, and how the security and insurance aspects of operating BESS sites are evolving.

A total of 16GW was added last year, equivalent to a 68% of year-on-year growth.

Canadian Solar doubled its energy storage shipments to 1.79GWh in 2022 although expects significant lower growth in 2023 due to transitioning its utility-scale product.

The UAE should deploy 300MW/300MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity in the next three years, according to one of its main utilities EWEC. 

The Q1 2023 edition of our downstream solar journal, PV Tech Power, is now available, including comprehensive coverage on agrivoltaics.