Enel has revealed the role its digital and distributed technology arm is playing in a European Union-funded project to simplify integration of energy storage systems.

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

Renewable energy technology firm Entech has won a framework contract in France with four public utilities to deploy 50MWh of battery storage.

Europe’s biggest battery storage system earned £2.3 million (US$2.85 million) revenues in Q1 2023.

Renewable Power Capital has tied up with Greenfield to deploy 500MW of battery storage in the UK, shortly after a similar deal with Eelpower.

Lithium carbonate prices have started to creep back up again after coming down from 2022’s extreme highs, but the long-term outlook is one of downwards prices, research firm Fastmarkets said.

Developer Pulse Clean Energy has secured a three-year £175 million (US$215 million) credit facility with a number of banks to go towards its pipeline of battery storage projects in the UK.

The battery manager for Sweden-based Stena Recycling Group discussed the firm’s approach to the battery market and reusing batteries for second life in an exclusive interview with Energy-Storage.news.

Electric ‘supercar’ firm Rimac is bringing “leading expertise in extracting maximal performance” from battery cells to its new energy storage division, which will also consider non-lithium technology, it told Energy-Storage.news.

Renewable energy firm RES and battery storage developer SCR have partnered to deploy another grid-scale battery storage project in Sweden, this time totalling 17MW.