Australia has opened a public consultation for scheme widely expected to be a game changer in rollout of clean energy technologies.

Mobile energy storage firm Nomad has won a US$9.5 million DOE grant to deploy its product in rural communities in Vermont, US.

More news in brief from around the world in energy storage, featuring vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), bankruptcy for a thermal storage startup and a new integrated lithium tech.

NGK Insulators will supply a sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery storage system to a project for utility Sala Energy in Japan’s Shizuoka Prefecture.

The US Department of Energy will commit US$30 million in new awards and funding opportunities for energy storage solutions.

Ireland-headquartered long-duration energy storage (LDES) company Corre Energy has acquired its first in-development project in the US.

The government of Spain is launching €280 million (US$310 million) in grants for standalone energy storage projects, thermal energy storage and reversible pumped hydro to go online in 2026.

More than 5% of Spain’s renewable energy generation could face economic curtailment between 2025 and 2030, but long-duration energy storage (LDES) could reduce or eliminate that need.

New South Wales has granted planning approval for battery energy storage system projects in the Australian state’s Renewable Energy Zones.