NTPC has launched a battery storage tender, just a few days after the Solar Energy Corporation of India began a similar solicitation process.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has formally launched a US$3.16 billion grant funding opportunity for its domestic battery supply chain, the latest in a series of moves to support the sector.

FreeWire Technologies, a battery-integrated EV charging solution provider, has raised US$125 million in new capital from global asset manager BlackRock and other investors.

The Energy Regulatory Office (ERO) of Kosovo is reviewing an application to build a 250MW pumped hydro storage facility.

Zinc battery storage company Eos Energy Enterprises has secured a US$200 million investment commitment.

Tesla made 846MWh of battery energy storage system deployments in the first quarter of this year.

A solar-plus-storage power plant, deployed at the site of an opencast lignite mine in Germany, is almost ready to go into action.

EStor-Lux, Belgium’s battery energy storage system (BESS) at 10MW/20MWh, was officially inaugurated on Tuesday (26 April).

NTPC, a state-owned power producer and utility company in India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Energy Vault.

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