Battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity in Italy reached 587MW/1,227MWh in the first three months of 2022, of which 977MWh is distributed energy storage, according to the national renewables association, ANIE Rinnovabili.

The US government Department of Energy has issued a Request for Information as it prepares to rollout a package worth more than half a billion dollars to support development and commercialisation of long-duration energy storage.

Intersolar Europe event saw a number of energy storage-related announcements from Chinese solar PV industry players.

Global system integrator Fluence increased its revenues for the first three months of 2022, its second quarter, 249% to US$343 million.

A leaked draft version the policy strategy designed to liberate the European Union from ties to Russian fossil fuel imports, includes no mention of energy storage.

thium-ion battery gigafactory group FREYR reported a US$35 million loss in the first quarter of 2022 and has recently announced three conditional offtake agreements (COA) totalling 53.5GWh.

Buyers of energy storage solutions (ESS) in Germany do not yet see a need for flow batteries for medium duration storage, an ESS provider tells Energy-Storage.news, with many set on the potential of green hydrogen.

Canadian Solar has made its first move in the UK battery energy storage space after signing a number of agreements with Pulse Clean Energy.

European Union must develop coherent strategy on energy storage to achieve decarbonisation goals and end dependency on Russian fossil fuels.

Norwegian lithium-ion battery gigafactory group FREYR has signed a conditional offtake agreement with energy storage system integrator Powin Energy totalling 28.5GWh over six years.