Work has begun on the first pilot project using Form Energy’s iron-air battery, designed to cost-effectively store and discharge energy over multiple days.

IPP Ormat Technologies has signed seven-year tolling agreements with Equilibrium Energy for two BESS projects in the ERCOT, Texas market.

US firm Natron Energy has announced plans for a sodium-ion gigafactory in North Carolina, while two Chinese firms have firmed up their projects, all-in-all totalling over 30GWh of annual sodium-ion production capacity.

IPP Arevon has been given the green light for the construction and operation of a standalone 200MW/800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Los Angeles County, California through the California Environmental Equality Act (CEQA) review process. 

Utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) will own and operate another 200MW/800MWh BESS project in southeast Tucson, Arizona, US.

Paul Doherty, principal communications executive at PG&E discusses the California utility’s adoption of energy storage and the many roles it plays for the grid.

Executives from battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Fluence discussed the company’s recent third quarter results in an earnings call with analysts.

Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation’s software lead, Ruchira Shah, speaks to ESN Premium about the newest iteration of the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

California community choice aggregator MCE and developer GSCE have partnered to work on a solar and storage project in California, the first in a plan for up 20GW of solar and 20GW of storage.

The deadline for submitting entries to the 2024 Energy Storage Awards has been extended, meaning participants now have until this Friday, 16 August, to submit nominations.