Another edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage, with Powin, ESS Inc and New Zealand’s Counties Energy.

According to Lazard, the impact of Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) incentives on the business case for battery storage in the US is now significant.

Some long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are already cost-competitive with lithium-ion (Li-ion) but will struggle to match the incumbent’s cost reduction potential.

Editor Andy Colthorpe speaks with Long Duration Energy Storage Council director of markets and technology Gabriel Murtagh.

The first 4-hour duration battery storage project to be built in Ireland exemplifies both the challenges and opportunities of the country’s growing and evolving market.

RWE will proceed with an 8-hour duration large-scale battery storage project in New South Wales (NSW), while a tender for more long-duration resources has launched in the state.

National Battery Strategy aims to make Australia a “globally competitive producer” of batteries and battery materials by 2035.

EPRI, Southern Company and Storworks have completed testing of a concrete thermal energy storage pilot project at a gas plant in Alabama, US, claimed as the largest of its kind in the world.

The former prime minister of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull, delivered a keynote speech to open the second day of the Energy Storage Summit Australia 2024.