World Energy Storage Day Chair Dr Rahul Walawalkar on this year’s virtual global conference.

State-owned electricity company ESB and geoenergy company dCarbonX have signed a JV to explore green hydrogen storage opportunities off the coast of Ireland.

The EU has approved a plan by the government in Greece to put €341 million towards a 900MW energy storage pipeline, under its state aid rules.

LFP batteries from CATL and Narada are among those ranked highest performance for stationary energy storage in DNV’s new ‘Battery Scorecard’.

Equinor has led an investment round for a flow battery manufacturer and Uniper will carry out a megawatt-scale flow battery pilot project.

Increasingly, microgrids often lean on battery storage as a key component, replacing or reducing reliance on diesel and other fossil fuels.

Alfen has been contracted to supply a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Sweden for electricity network company Ellevio.

FREYR Battery and Nidec intend to form a JV for the manufacture of battery storage modules and packs.

Energy stored in EV batteries will be traded on European power markets by The Mobility House, a specialist in vehicle-to-grid technologies.

Energy group BayWa r.e. has been selected to implement a project in France combining a solar PV plant, a battery energy storage system (BESS) and – if enough offtakers can be found – green hydrogen.