Zenobē has begun construction on three battery storage projects in Scotland which will total £750 million (US$892 million) of investment.

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in the US will be able to compete for a share of “nearly US$350 million” of government funding.

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.

Greenko will provide 1,500MWh pumped hydro energy storage in India to back Serentica Renewables’ round-the-clock renewable energy offering.

Vistra Energy plans to build battery storage in place of retiring fossil fuel plants handed boost by FERC.

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.

GM partnering with one of California’s main investor-owned utilities to explore vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-home integration.

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.