This Friday Briefing focuses on New York’s fight to get rid of dangerous peaker plants, and getting battery storage manufacturing right.

US vehicle-to-grid startup Nuvve continues push into Asia market, negotiating for a project planned by Taiwan’s grid operator and utility.

The amount invested in energy storage soared globally during 2023, while battery manufacturing will require the biggest share of spending among clean energy technologies by 2030 to achieve net zero.

Energy density is becoming a key tool in optimising the economics of battery energy storage projects as suitable sites become harder to find. Ben Echeverria and Josh Tucker from engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Burns & McDonnell explore some of the considerations of designing projects on constrained land.

Utility-scale BESS market action in Australia, with developers Akaysha Energy, Firm Power and ACE Power receiving key project approvals.

Global demand for batteries for energy storage system (ESS) applications will grow 30% during this year, with the US leading the charge, LG Energy Solution has predicted.

A large battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Hubei, China, using sodium-ion technology is set to be completed this year.

Origin Energy will invest around AU$400 million (US$263.7 million) in a battery storage project at the site of one of its gas power plants in the state of Victoria.

Turkey and India’s policies towards battery imports and domestic production, astonishment at China’s 2023 deployment figures and sifting through some ‘bragawatt-hour’ claims in this week’s Friday Briefing.

UK-headquartered Zenobē Energy attracted the most venture capital (VC) funding of any company in the energy storage industry during 2023, as found by Mercom Capital.