Electric vehicles have been used to help balance the grid in what has been dubbed a first for vehicle-to-grid tech in the UK.

The past week has seen thermal energy storage solution companies strike or execute on commercial deals across Norway, Greece, Israel and South Africa.

The construction of battery cell factories catering specifically for stationary energy storage means competition for supply with the EV sector will cool off in the next couple of years.

AMTE Power, a UK-based manufacturer of batteries, has said its new sodium-ion cells are close to being ready to send out into the field for testing and validation.

Power management company Eaton is helping to build a microgrid pilot project trialling vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications in Switzerland.

Green hydrogen projects have progressed in the Netherlands and India, the latter of which is being combined with a battery energy storage system (BESS).

A 1.8MWh flow battery has been installed and energised at the European Marine Energy Centre test site in Scotland’s Orkney Isles.

Many of the battery gigafactory projects in Europe are likely to see delays, Energy-Storage.news has heard.

Anthony Price summarises what took place at this year’s International Flow Batteries Forum Summer Conference in Brussels, Belgium.

Norwegian renewable energy investor Magnora and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation have moved into the UK battery storage market.