More news in brief from around the world in energy storage, featuring vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), bankruptcy for a thermal storage startup and a new integrated lithium tech.

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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.

Scaling up net zero-enabling battery storage technologies will require financiers and investors to share risks with developers, such as those over supply chain.

The window for nominations for the inaugural Energy Storage Awards is closing, but there are still a few days left before it slams shut.

FREYR Battery, which is targeting the battery storage sector with its product line, has received a €100 million (US$112.29 million) grant commitment.

Lithium-ion battery and energy storage system (ESS) manufacturer Microvast has announced plans to set up an ESS manufacturing plant in Colorado, US, which will be operational this year.

Battery expert and electrification enthusiast Stéphane Melançon at Laserax discusses characteristics of different lithium-ion technologies and how we should think about comparison.

Metals group BASF has begun commissioning on what it claimed is the first combined battery cathode materials production and recycling plant, in Germany.

Vietnam’s VinES Energy Solutions has partnered with SolarBK to promote the integration of battery storage with rooftop solar PV.