Singapore-headquartered Gurin Energy has revealed plans for a 500MW, 4-hour duration (2,000MWh) battery storage project in Japan.

Volvo Group has acquired the US battery pack company Proterra out of bankruptcy, while its power solutions arm Volvo Penta is providing its BESS sub-system for EV charging infrastructure solutions.

Green Mountain Power (GMP), a utility in the US state of Vermont, has requested approval on US$30 million in funding to expand a home battery energy storage scheme.

We talk to Elli Group, the EV infrastructure and utility arm of automotive OEM Volkswagen, about its new second life energy storage and energy trading ventures.

Part 2 of our look at ees Europe 2023 focuses on some of the many product and solutions launches.

A battery storage system made with second life EV batteries has been developed by carmaker Toyota and Japanese utility company Tokyo Electric Power.

BMW has partnered with a California utility to test out vehicle-to-X technologies, while fellow carmaker Volvo has invested in a bi-directional charging solutions provider.

Another serving of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Manufacturers should make bi-directional charging possible to allow batteries to be used as stationary energy storage, according to Senator.