Construction has begun on a large-scale hybrid renewable energy project combining wind, solar PV and energy storage in Australia.

Mobile battery storage rental company Greener Power Solutions has raised €45 million (US$45 million) from DIF Capital Partners.

Global system integrator Fluence and utility Münch Energie are developing a solar-plus-storage plant with 34MWh of storage in Merseburg, Germany.

Grid operators in the Netherlands are trialling the potential of large battery storage to relieve bottlenecks in the grid.

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.