Executives from Northvolt discussed the gigafactory company’s ramp-up after a slow 2023 and how the company intends to be competitive in the global market, as well as cell technology, recycling, sourcing from China and an eventual IPO.

Modo Energy has released data confirming a 47% increase in weekly battery energy storage system (BESS) dispatched volume on the grid in Great Britain.

This Friday Briefing focuses on the situation around Cleve Hill Solar Park, a co-located solar and battery project that is the latest to fall foul of its local community.

Sodium-ion battery technology could be the “perfect solution for applications where energy density is not paramount,” according to the chief executive of battery tech company BMZ Group.

The COO of one of the few energy-storage focused lithium-ion gigafactory companies in Europe, Morrow Batteries, talked to Energy-Storage.news about the firm’s go-to-market strategy and what the future holds for Europe’s gigafactory space.

The UK’s House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has said government must make “major decisions about future energy infrastructure”.

Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO of analytics firm ACCURE, discusses some of the areas in which battery analytics can have the most impact on battery energy storage system (BESS) project success.

Europe’s response to the US’ Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has been a big talking point at Giga Europe, and one panellist said the simplicity of the IRA has been key to its success.

ib vogt has sold rights to a large-scale 1-hour duration battery storage project in Finland, Europe, to investor Renewable Power Capital (RPC).

Fluence will supply batteries for a 150MW/300MWh battery storage project for SSE Renewables at Fiddler’s Ferry, Warrington, UK.