US Senator Joe Manchin and fellow bipartisan colleagues have urged the Biden Administration to invest more in non-lithium energy storage technologies, while DOE Loan Programs Office head Jigar Shah expects companies developing the latter to broadly secure 1GWh orders this year.

ACWA Power and the government of Azerbaijan have signed an agreement for a battery energy storage system in the central Asian country.

Australia wants to leverage its position as a mining and minerals hub to capture opportunities in the battery industry.

Some organisations consulted for a UK government study believe that the safety of second life EV batteries in residential energy storage “can never be guaranteed” while others believe an enabling framework is possible.

Government-backed energy storage announcements continue to roll out of Queensland, with the Australian state set to begin a ‘Neighbourhood Battery’ programme.

Singapore has surpassed its 2025 energy storage deployment target, with the official opening of Southeast Asia’s biggest BESS.

Green Deal Industrial Plan has been welcomed by the European Association for Storage of Energy, although mentions of energy storage included in a leaked draft seen by the industry group were absent from the final publication.

Some proposed battery storage projects have been cancelled in the US and Canada since the start of this year, after facing opposition from local communities.

India has committed to helping fund 4,000MWh of battery storage in its Union Budget and will come up with support mechanisms for pumped hydro.

Australia and New York are two very different places but both are likely to soon see their first government-backed tenders in which grid-scale energy storage can compete.