The US Department of Energy (DOE) has provided US$7.9 million for a 50MWh battery energy storage project using second life EV batteries in the ERCOT, Texas market, by Element Energy and NextEra Energy Resources.

Guyana, a country on South America’s north coast, has issued an invitation for bids for energy storage projects with a combined capacity of 34MWh. 

Australia will launch a scheme to incentivise investment in the right mix of low-carbon energy sources and energy storage.

European Commission has given green light for state aid towards development of a large-scale pumped hydro energy storage in Finland.

Planned lithium-ion battery gigafactory capacity in the US has grown twice as fast as in Europe since the Inflation Reduction Act was passed, Benchmark Minerals Intelligence told Energy-Storage.news.

Quidnet, developing a proprietary mechanical energy storage technology, will receive funding from US DOE’s ARPA-E.

EnergyAustralia has filed planning applications for four-hour duration large-scale lithium BESS in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

Last coal-fired power station in New Jersey demolished, with facility’s owner committing to deploying energy storage at the site.

Irish government has launched a consultation to help direct the development of a policy framework for energy storage.

Approval granted in Australia for the first battery storage project to share grid connection point with an existing generation asset in National Electricity Market.