The government of Western Australia is funding work to assess a potential battery energy storage system (BESS) project which would be the biggest built in the state so far.

A plan to turn Australian island state Tasmania into the ‘Battery of the Nation’ has taken a step forwards.

The Biden administration plans to use the Cold War-era Defense Production Act to ramp up mining and processing for materials integral to batteries and renewable energy, like lithium, graphite, nickel, manganese and cobalt.

Update 5 April 2022: A Hyosung Heavy Industries representative told Energy-Storage.news the BESS will be 48MW rated output with 192MWh capacity.

Utility Hawaiian Electric has launched a 10-year programme of credits and incentives to its Battery Bonus scheme, which launched last year as a one-time cash incentive for adding battery storage to residential PV systems.

Enel X will participate in a pilot in Ontario aggregating behind-the-meter battery storage and demand response.

A 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system comprising Tesla Megapacks will be built by a state-owned power company in Queensland.

India will not be able to meet its aim of becoming a global leader in battery manufacturing unless it establishes a value chain that embraces recycling.

The government of Kosovo this week announced it will build a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a capacity of 200MWh-plus to deal with the country’s energy crisis.

A 50MW/50MWh BESS will demonstrate the ability of smart inverter technologies to support the stability of the power grid in Australia.