EV manufacturer Ola Electric has entered India’s utility-scale battery storage market with a vertically integrated business model.

ZEBRE has submitted the 180MW/360MWh Noblevale Battery in Queensland for federal environmental assessment under the EPBC Act.

Australian Vanadium Limited has signed an MoU with Alcoa to evaluate the deployment of vanadium flow battery technology in Western Australia.

Elestor claims its hydrogen-iron flow battery delivers 75%+ round-trip efficiency, a 20-25 year lifespan, and 15€/kWh capex for long-duration storage. 

Japanese utility Tokyo Gas has entered into a long-term offtake agreement for a 49.7MW/202.1MWh battery storage project in Fukushima Prefecture.

AMPYR Australia has received a 5.3.4 letter from AEMO for the 270MW Northern Battery near Port Augusta in South Australia.

ESN Premium speaks with Fluence’s Jeff Monday and Sam Markham on the opportunity battery energy storage could provide data centres in Australia.

Habitat Energy has been appointed by Octopus Australia to provide optimisation services for two DC-coupled solar-plus-storage sites.

Samsung SDI is on track to begin production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells in the US in the third quarter of this year.

BESS and solar have driven Australia past the halfway mark in NEM renewable penetration, but the technology mix is not yet broad enough.