European gigafactory group FREYR’s new technology resources campus and business unit in Japan could see it partner with companies in addition to existing technology provider 24M, CEO Tom Jensen told Energy-Storage.news.

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) company Nuvve grew its MW under management by 10% in quarter two 2022 and is eying applications for school buses and the marine sector.

California investor-owned utility SDG&E has chosen Mitsubishi Power as supplier of battery storage to four microgrids in its service area.

ESS Inc has recognised revenues for the first time since publicly listing, while closing in on a 750MWh targeted annual production capacity.

State-owned Estonian energy company Eesti Energia is planning to build a 225MW pumped hydro energy storage facility, as part of a wider push to become independent of Russian energy.

SPAC Mustang Energy PLC is increasing its effective stake in CellCube to around 25% while a company launching a vanadium mine project in Australia has injected US$3.5 million in a new flow battery maker.

Australian startup MGA Thermal has bagged around US$1 million in government funding for a 5MWh thermal energy storage project while Israel-based Brenmiller Energy has inaugurated a 1MWh unit in Brazil.

Construction has begun on two large-scale solar projects paired with battery storage in Hawaii from AES Corporation.

Genex Power has bought up a 2GW clean energy project which it intends to build in five stages in Queensland, Australia.

Tax incentives for energy storage included in the US’ Inflation Reduction Act could mean fewer solar-plus-storage hybrid plants are built.