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.

Oneida, which will mix long-term contracted revenues with merchant risk exposure in Ontario, Canada, has reached financial close.

Charley Grimston from battery storage insurance firm Altelium compares the sector’s development with the early stage of the wind market.

Convergent Energy and Power has brought online a battery storage project for New York utility O&R which will reduce the need for more expensive network upgrades.