Another edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage, with Powin, ESS Inc and New Zealand’s Counties Energy.

Business model innovation and considering how to integrate projects into the wider energy systems will be key for long-duration energy storage (LDES) companies, partners at VC firm RA Capital told Energy-Storage.news.

ZEN Energy’s 138MW/330MWh Templers battery storage project in South Australia has broken ground after clearing the grid connection approval process in ‘record time,’ according to technology provider Sungrow.

Some long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are already cost-competitive with lithium-ion (Li-ion) but will struggle to match the incumbent’s cost reduction potential.

Energy Vault has entered into an exclusive partnership with architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to work on projects using its gravity energy storage technology.

Global investment group Brookfield intends to acquire French renewables and energy storage developer and independent power producer (IPP) Neoen.

The Q2 2024 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download.

China’s National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration have issued new rules for the power market.

Creating a connected Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure is crucial for improving the efficiency, security and resilience of BESS, claims IoT system and platform provider Advantech.

RWE will proceed with an 8-hour duration large-scale battery storage project in New South Wales (NSW), while a tender for more long-duration resources has launched in the state.