Startup Kyoto Group has begun operational testing of a 4MW molten salt-based power-to-heat system in Denmark.

Kraftblock, a thermal energy storage startup based in Germany, and Australia’s MGA Thermal have secured funding to accelerate their technologies’ scale-up and commercialisation.

Global battery storage system integrator Fluence raised its full-year guidance again after a strong third quarter, while revealing battery cell orders with AESC and Northvolt.

Energy Vault has secured a US licensing deal for its gravity energy storage technology and awards covering its other technologies there and in Southeast Asia, it said in its Q2 results.

The lithium industry needs US$116 billion of investment to achieve the 5.7x ramp-up in production needed for 2030 decarbonisation goals, and prices may remain ‘tight’ in the coming years.

Framework agreement signed between developer Vena Energy and suppliers to a cross-border clean energy ‘hybrid megaproject’ in Indonesia.

Construction is set to begin on a battery storage project in Japan through JV involving CATL with utility Shikoku Electric Power.

Australia has opened a public consultation for scheme widely expected to be a game changer in rollout of clean energy technologies.

A battery energy storage system (BESS) project using sodium-ion technology has entered commercial operation in Qingdao, China.

Idemitsu Kosan, Japan’s biggest petroleum producer, has launched an energy storage business and announced its first lithium battery project.