A front-of-meter microgrid combining 2.2MW of solar PV with a 9MWh battery has gone online in Humboldt County, northeast California, which its developers claim is the first of its kind.

Ion Storage Systems (ION), a company that has developed a solid state lithium-ion battery technology, has raised a US$30 million Series A to expand its production facility and accelerate its entry into the stationary storage sector.

RWE’s largest battery storage project to date has entered full operations in County Monaghan, Ireland.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has neared the halfway completion mark of a 250MW pumped hydro project.

Utah project claimed as largest green hydrogen storage hub planned globally will get loan funding from the US Department of Energy.

Vanadium redox flow battery industry poised for significant growth in the coming years according to new forecasting.

Italian startup Energy Dome has launched the first demonstrator project of its carbon dioxide-based energy storage solution, a 4MWh system in Sardinia, Italy, while also revealing Series B plans.

Westbridge has added another large-scale solar-plus-storage project to its development portfolio in Alberta, Canada.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Nickel-hydrogen-based battery storage company EnerVenue has struck a supply MOU of up to 420MWh while liquid metal battery company Ambri is expanding its new facility in Massachusetts, US.