A 100MWh gravity-based energy storage system developed by Energy Vault is expected to begin construction in China in the second quarter of this year, the Swiss-American startup has claimed.
Energy storage specialist Fluence and renewable energy market software and advisory firm Pexapark have entered into a long-term strategic partnership, confirming Fluence’s accelerated push into wider renewable energy and energy storage software services.
California’s energy transition will need 53GW of solar PV by 2045, with the state’s transmission system requiring a US$30.5 billion investment alongside major increases in energy storage to accommodate the extra power.
Microsoft, Google and 10 other companies have joined the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) Council, a CEO-led organisation launched at COP26 in November to push for the global deployment of technologies that can store and discharge energy for eight hours or longer.
Georgia Power has filed its 2022 integrated resource plan (IRP), highlighting the decreasing economic viability of it coal and seeking to add resources including renewables, gas and battery storage.
LG Energy Solution has signed a five-year supply deal for lithium hydroxide from Germany-headquartered Vulcan Energy Resources, which aims to establish carbon emissions-free extraction facilities.
Battery storage companies raised 159% more corporate funding in 2021 than in 2020, with funding activity reflecting the “significance of battery energy storage in the energy transition,” analysis group Mercom Capital has said.
Project owner Vistra Energy expects the 300MW Phase I of Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility — the world’s biggest lithium battery project to date — to come back online during the first half of this year.
Power company TransAlta has made an application to regulators seeking approval of a large-scale battery storage system in Alberta, Canada, which will be charged from hydroelectric generation.
Tesla is ambitious to grow its energy storage business in 2022, after it reported a 32% year-on-year increase in battery storage deployments, executives including CEO Elon Musk have said.
