Sweden-headquartered lithium-ion technology Northvolt has concluded its strategic review, revealing it is divesting or ceasing non-core activities, sharpening its focus to battery cell manufacturing and reducing its workforce.

Would-be battery manufacturers that could serve the US energy storage industry with domestically made cells are facing a “perfect storm,” Energy-Storage.news has heard.

Developer LC energy has won an irrevocable permit for a 500MW/2,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Netherlands, one of the largest in the country to do so.

The exhibition doors at RE+, formerly Solar Power International and Energy Storage International, opened this morning.

A team of technical staff working for the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) has given its recommendation to approve a request from Boise, ID-headquartered utility Idaho Power to develop a 150MW standalone BESS at its Boise Bench substation located in Ada County, Idaho. 

AES has seen a hybrid wind, solar and BESS project in Chile receive an environmental permit, while Oenergy has suffered a setback for a standalone project.

Update 9 September 2024: The fire was “out and cold” by 1am on Friday, 6 September, around 13 hours after it was reported at 12:09pm Thursday.

The energy regulator of Grenada is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) for a solar or solar-plus-storage project at the Caribbean island nation’s main international airport.

The Q3 2024 edition of our downstream solar PV and energy storage journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download.

Construction has started at the 600MW/1,600MWh Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (MREH), one of the largest energy storage projects in Victoria, Australia.