Work has begun on the first pilot project using Form Energy’s iron-air battery, designed to cost-effectively store and discharge energy over multiple days.

Acen Australia has seen the New South Wales Independent Planning Commission (IPC) approve its 600MW Birriwa solar-plus-storage project.

US firm Natron Energy has announced plans for a sodium-ion gigafactory in North Carolina, while two Chinese firms have firmed up their projects, all-in-all totalling over 30GWh of annual sodium-ion production capacity.

Chile utility Colbun has faced a setback with its 800MW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project, after its environmental impact assessment (EIA) process was terminated early having been deemed to have not provided enough information.

Paul Doherty, principal communications executive at PG&E discusses the California utility’s adoption of energy storage and the many roles it plays for the grid.

Australian electricity retailer AGL Energy confirmed yesterday (14 August) it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Firm Power along with solar PV developer Terrain Solar.

Sports car company Porsche has deployed a 10MWh BESS at its factory in Germany using batteries from its Taycan vehicle line.

The 12th and final turbine unit of a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Hebei, China, has been put into full operation, making it the largest operational system in the world.

Wärtsilä Energy Storage & Optimisation’s software lead, Ruchira Shah, speaks to ESN Premium about the newest iteration of the GEMS Digital Energy Platform.

A huge buildout of transmission infrastructure is needed for decarbonisation, and transmission-connected batteries have a big role to play, writes EDF Renewables UK’s Matthew Boulton.