In June, Japanese renewable energy developer Pacifico Energy made the first trades from BESS assets in the country’s power markets.

Milestone reached in utility-scale battery storage market development in Japan, with Pacifico Energy trading energy from two new projects.

Energy storage can enable decarbonisation of economies around the world and Asia-Pacific is no exception. Hendrik Bohne of Aquila Capital looks at the examples of two leading examples in the region.

Julia Souder, CEO of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council, explores energy storage as the cornerstone of power grids of the future.

The government of Bangladesh and potential investors into energy storage in the South Asian country were handed a European Union-funded roadmap for the technology’s development last week.

Japanese conglomerate Itochu is launching its first grid-scale BESS project with utility Osaka Gas and finance group Tokyo Century Leasing.

Lithium-ion stationary battery producer Hithium is entering the European market, with its first appearance at Intersolar Europe next week.

A megawatt-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery demonstration project involving South Korea’s largest electric utility has gone online.

Dr Rahul Walawalkar, founder & president of IESA, gives us an exclusive recap from India Energy Storage Week.

The Q2 2023 edition of our journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download, including ‘Storage & Smart Power’ by Energy-Storage.news.