A large-scale pumped hydro energy storage project in Washington State has passed a key stage of approvals, while another in South Dakota has been dropped.

Global battery storage system integrator Powin has selected manufacturing firm Jabil Inc to produce its Stack750E utility-scale energy storage product in the US.

Electric ‘supercar’ firm Rimac is bringing “leading expertise in extracting maximal performance” from battery cells to its new energy storage division, which will also consider non-lithium technology, it told Energy-Storage.news.

Renewable energy firm RES and battery storage developer SCR have partnered to deploy another grid-scale battery storage project in Sweden, this time totalling 17MW.

Battery OEM Rept Battero, part of metals firm Tsingshan Industry, has tied up with Energy Vault a few weeks after it agreed a smaller deal with Powin.

Developer BlueWave talked Energy-Storage.news through the opportunities for energy storage in ISO New England (ISO-NE), one of only a few markets where ancillary services are not part of the long-term value stack.

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.

UK energy storage investor Gresham House and the clean energy arm of utility NextEra have moved forward with battery storage projects in California, US.

Masdar has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with the Uzbekistan government to develop more than 2GW of solar and wind projects.

European lithium-ion gigafactory firm Northvolt has completed construction of its energy storage system (ESS) production facility in Poland and expects to start production by the end of 2023.