US utility Vistra has brought a 260MW/260MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) online in Texas, the largest in the state.

Solar and energy storage were described by Elon Musk as going together “like peanut butter and jelly”. Andy Colthorpe meets some of the players creating this winning combination in the US.

French renewable power producer and developer Akuo Energy has commissioned a 29.2MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Tonga, several weeks after powering up a 19MWh project in Martinique.

Microinverter and home energy storage system supplier Enphase Energy has “relatively good availability” of its products despite high demand in the current supply chain environment, its marketing director for Europe told Energy-Storage.news.

Energy Vault added US$191 million to existing cash reserves when it listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Pine Gate Renewables has signed a second long-term supply memorandum of understanding (MOU) targeting an alternative to lithium-ion this week, with nickel-hydrogen battery group EnerVenue.

The secretary-general of the UN has highlighted the crucial role battery storage can play in tackling the global climate crisis.

Lithium-ion battery recycler Li-Cycle has opened its third recycling facility, in Arizona.

Study conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative has found energy storage can be a key enabler for the clean energy transition.  

Urban Electric Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with developer Pine Gate Renewables to supply the latter up to 4,550MWh of its zinc batteries over the next five years.