The UK government has cemented the role of energy storage as a generation asset in last week’s landmark Energy Bill.

Microsoft will be the latest big tech player to use battery storage at data centres which will provide grid flexibility services.

Volkswagen has started construction of its 40GWh battery cell gigafactory in Salzgitter, Germany, and the company plans to dedicate capacity to grid-scale energy storage in future.

Iberdrola has commissioned a battery storage system in Ireland that will contribute to grid security as more renewables come online.

The first commercial sand-based thermal energy storage system in the world has started operating in Finland, developed by Polar Night Energy.

Whilst growing in popularity for stationary energy storage, one project developer tells Energy-Storage.news that LFP batteries deliver lower returns than NMC ones, a claim we then put to battery intelligence firm ACCURE.

Aer Soléir has signed an investment and co-development deal for 510MW of battery storage projects in Italy with Altea Green Power.

Energy Superhub Oxford, a project with a lithium-ion-vanadium hybrid battery energy storage system (BESS) totalling 55MW, has officially launched.

European gigafactory company Northvolt has signed a US$1.1 billion convertible note to finance the expansion of its lithium-ion battery production, ahead of a potential IPO in the next two years.

Swedish public utility Vattenfall is about to start filling a 45m-high, 200MW-rated thermal energy storage facility with water in Berlin, Germany.