Last week, two significant milestones in the emergence of a market for large-scale battery storage on the grid were laid in Ontario, Canada.

Utility Hawaiian Electric has finalised a plan to completely use renewable resources by 2045, including mid-term goals of adding renewables generation and rooftop solar by 2030.

UGL has been selected to design, test and commission a BESS which will provide power for BHP’s iron ore port in Western Australia.

The battery manager for Sweden-based Stena Recycling Group discussed the firm’s approach to the battery market and reusing batteries for second life in an exclusive interview with Energy-Storage.news.

Wärtsilä has revealed details of fire testing its large-scale battery storage product was put through, which the company claimed went beyond commonly accepted requirements.

Energy optimisation software provider Peak Power has received US$35 million investment, while startup Financial Machines has launched its own platform, with both targeting the US energy storage market.

Electric ‘supercar’ firm Rimac is bringing “leading expertise in extracting maximal performance” from battery cells to its new energy storage division, which will also consider non-lithium technology, it told Energy-Storage.news.

BMW has partnered with a California utility to test out vehicle-to-X technologies, while fellow carmaker Volvo has invested in a bi-directional charging solutions provider.

Samantha McGahan of Australian Vanadium on the electrolyte, which is the single most important material for making vanadium flow batteries.

Another serving of news in brief from around the world in energy storage.