The UK government has cemented the role of energy storage as a generation asset in last week’s landmark Energy Bill.

Newly announced funding support from ARENA is enabling the expansion of a planned large-scale battery project in New South Wales.

Quinbrook developing A$2.5 billion ‘Supernode’ site in Queensland for storing energy and data that would include 2,000MWh of battery storage.

Construction has begun of a factory for long-duration flow batteries using iron and saltwater electrolyte in Queensland, Australia.

Nearly A$4 billion (US$2.72 billion) of battery projects in Australia are in the running to receive financial support from ARENA.

Two gas peaker plants and a gas pipeline extension have been approved by regulators in the US state of Indiana, despite concerns.

The number of people in the US working in battery storage continued to grow in 2021, adding nearly 3,000 jobs from the previous year.

As the role of coal declines and ends in Australia’s NEM, huge growth in dispatchable energy storage capacity will be needed in the mix.

Construction has begun on the first of four battery energy storage systems (BESS) totalling 200MW/200MWh from global system integrator Fluence in Lithuania.

FREYR Battery will go ahead with construction of its first battery gigafactory in Norway, which has announced a National Battery Strategy.