Over a gigawatt of bids from battery storage project developers have been successful in the first-ever competitive auctions for low-carbon energy capacity held in Japan.
Battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator and manufacturer Powin Energy will get “priority access” to cells from Rept Battero’s new factory in Indonesia.
Optimiser Habitat Energy has secured a deal with UBS Asset Management to handle the energy market activity of four BESS projects totalling 730MW in ERCOT, Texas.
Natron Energy has started commercial-scale operations at its sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Michigan, US, and elaborated on how its technology compares to lithium-ion in answers provided to Energy-Storage.news.
RayGen, a startup developing long-duration energy storage (LDES) technology designed for pairing with renewable energy installations, has raised investment to kick off a Series D funding round.
IPP Neoen has launched construction on the the second phase of its Collie BESS project in Western Australia, following a capacity services contract award.
This Friday Briefing looks at the battery manufacturing race that Europe and the US are set to get into, with both currently trailing far behind leader China.