London-listed solar and storage investor Bluefield Solar Income Fund has acquired two 40MW battery energy storage system (BESS) projects for £4.5 million (US$5.7 million).

Microinverter and home energy storage system supplier Enphase Energy has “relatively good availability” of its products despite high demand in the current supply chain environment, its marketing director for Europe told Energy-Storage.news.

Trina Storage has formed a partnership with solar inverter manufacturer Power Electronics to jointly deploy battery storage.

Energy Vault added US$191 million to existing cash reserves when it listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Co-located storage is growing as a proportion of the UK market with 7.2GW of projects in the pipeline, but structuring deals and offtake agreements presents a complex challenge according to an expert source.

The secretary-general of the UN has highlighted the crucial role battery storage can play in tackling the global climate crisis.

European policymakers appear to have a blind spot when it comes to energy storage and its role in the transition away from fossil fuels.

European Union plan to transition away from dependency on Russian fossil fuel imports has been released in draft form.

Battery storage system safety was at the top of the agenda for many vendors and their customers at ees Europe last week.

Commercial operations have begun at the Hydrovolt battery recycling plant in Norway, a joint venture (JV) between Norwegian materials processing company Hydro and Sweden-headquartered lithium battery manufacturing startup Northvolt.