A roundup of long-duration energy storage (LDES) news from around the world this week.

The European Commission, along with governments of Australia, the US and Canada, have backed a new initiative to promote battery storage.

Developer Kyon Energy has sold 194.7MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Germany to investor Obton, including one it recently claimed was the largest in Europe.

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Europe’s telecommunications sector has the potential to deploy 15GWh of distributed energy storage (DES), halving its energy costs and helping the energy transition, Finnish telecoms firm Elisa said discussing its new DES solution with Energy-Storage.news.

The government of Spain, through the Institution for the diversification and energy savings (IDAE) has awarded 880MW/1809MWh in its first tender for energy storage to be co-located with renewables.

The Spanish Ministry of Ecological Transition (MITECO) has allocated €85 million (US$91 million) to develop 51 renewable energy generation and storage projects on the Canary Islands.

The Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company has announced a strategic investment in UK-headquartered battery energy storage and EV fleet solutions provider Zenobē.

The UK government’s recently announced national Battery Strategy was intended as a roadmap to establishing a competitive value chain.

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has confirmed that its 500MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Scotland, UK, is ready to commence construction.