News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Germany-headquartered renewable energy generation company Innogy will construct its first battery storage facility in Ireland.

There could be 10 guiding principles for integrating energy storage as a vital “pillar” of the energy transition.

French renewables company Voltalia has gained planning permission for a 40MW solar farm with battery storage in Dorset, England.

Norwegian firm EnergyNest is to deploy its thermal battery storage technology at a manufacturing plant in Austria.

The proposed merger between flow energy storage companies Avalon Battery and redT continues to progress, with the transaction set to be completed around the end of March 2020.

UK-based Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has sealed the deal on its latest battery optimisation agreement.

New study predicts the energy storage industry will grow to employ millions by 2050, fuelling a renewables jobs boom as fossil fuel industries shed millions of workers.

Centrica and sonnen have completed a virtual power plant (VPP) project in the south of England, which will allow customers to maximise the potential of their solar panels while providing flexibility to the grid.

While pumped hydro plants still account for around 96% of installed capacity of stationary energy storage worldwide, there will be more than 28GW of lithium batteries deployed for stationary storage applications by the year 2028, Navigant Research has predicted.