Presenting the most-read news stories on Energy-Storage.news for the first half of 2023, including policy, technology and market developments shaping the industry.

Developer Eku Energy, backed by global investor Macquarie, and system integrator NHOA will start building two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totalling 130MWh.

The window for nominations for the inaugural Energy Storage Awards is closing, but there are still a few days left before it slams shut.

Reducing exposure to merchant risk is key to making banks comfortable with lending money for hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects.

Serentica Renewables has signed an offtake deal for 1.5GWh of pumped hydro energy storage in two Indian states with Greenko Group.

The Singapore Energy Market Authority (EMA) is figuring out how energy storage technologies can be widely deployed in the country, overcoming constraints such as limited availability of land.

Many ASEAN countries are advancing their adoption of renewable energy with the support of regulators, but the same can’t yet be said for energy storage technologies.

A roundup of battery storage news in the UK, with projects from Centrica, Pulse Clean Energy, Habitat Energy and Gore Street, as the country’s operational capacity reaches over 3GW.

China-based, energy storage-focused lithium-ion battery manufacturer Hithium has raised US$621 million from private investors.