News in brief, from another busy week for our colleagues reporting on the UK battery storage market at Solar Power Portal.

Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia has been fined for breaching National Electricity Rules over a three month period in 2019.  

Energy Dome, an Italy-based company which has developed a novel CO2-based long-duration energy storage system, has closed an US$11 million bridge funding round.

Investor Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has acquired exclusive project development rights for a 230MW/460MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Wales, UK.

Matthew Lumsden, CEO Connected Energy, talks us through scaling up the business in preparation for an EV boom from 2025 onwards.

Investor-owned utility SDG&E and the City of San Diego are launching a dozen microgrid projects with energy storage across San Diego, California, following similar announcements elsewhere in the state.

LG will use an energy management system developed by Fractal EMS for commercial and industrial energy storage systems in the US market.

Greece-based battery manufacturer Sunlight Group has received €275 million (US$290 million) in loan financing to expand production and research.

Harmony Energy has secured a £60 million debt facility from major UK retail and commercial banking group NatWest.

Ambri has received an order in South Africa for a 300MW energy storage system based on its proprietary liquid metal battery technology.