Philippines power generator and utility Aboitiz Power will put a 49MW battery energy storage system into commercial operation this month, and has started construction on another.
Lithium-ion gigafactory company FREYR has chosen the state of Georgia for its planned US production facility amidst reports it is in talks to raise US$500 million from private equity firm KKR.
Recently-formed developer Innovo Group is targeting a 1.5GW/9GWh lithium-ion BESS development portfolio in Italy and UK, with the first system in central Italy online in Q1 2024.
While battery storage growth in the US continues to vastly outpace that of Europe, the repurposing of used EV batteries into second life stationary storage systems is far more developed in the latter.
We speak to Sunrun senior director of market development and policy, Chris Rauscher, in the final instalment of our series of energy storage industry leader interviews at RE+ 2022.
