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.
Australian high voltage grid operator Transgrid will host a competitive solicitation for large-scale battery storage resources in areas of New South Wales facing increasing electricity demand.
Developer Eku Energy, backed by global investor Macquarie, and system integrator NHOA will start building two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totalling 130MWh.
EV and energy storage giant Tesla saw a slight quarter-on-quarter dip in energy storage deployments in Q2 to 3.7GWh, although annual growth was strong at 222%.
Italy-based Energy Dome, the maker of a proprietary CO2-based long-duration energy storage system, has closed the second tranche of its Series B, raising another €15 million bringing the total to €55 million (US$62 million).
Scaling up net zero-enabling battery storage technologies will require financiers and investors to share risks with developers, such as those over supply chain.
Recent reports on the energy storage auction in Greece shows that “players are willing to take risks” to get into the market, an analyst from research firm Clean Horizon told Energy-Storage.news.
