Electric vehicles have been used to help balance the grid in what has been dubbed a first for vehicle-to-grid tech in the UK.

The past week has seen thermal energy storage solution companies strike or execute on commercial deals across Norway, Greece, Israel and South Africa.

AMTE Power, a UK-based manufacturer of batteries, has said its new sodium-ion cells are close to being ready to send out into the field for testing and validation.

Power management company Eaton is helping to build a microgrid pilot project trialling vehicle-to-grid (V2G) applications in Switzerland.

A 100MW/150MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) has been brought online in Queensland, Australia, by developer Vena Energy.

Duke Energy would still choose lithium-ion for an upcoming 7.3-hour duration energy storage system in Florida if it redesigned the project today, a spokersperson told Energy-Storage.news.

Key Capture Energy is approaching the final stages of construction of a battery storage system in New York that will inform how the developer approaches much bigger projects in the state.

Lithium-ion battery factory serving EV and ESS sectors has opened in New York State which could ramp-up to 38GWh annual production capacity.

Green hydrogen projects have progressed in the Netherlands and India, the latter of which is being combined with a battery energy storage system (BESS).

The signing of the Inflation Reduction Act by US president Joe Biden has been considered a major step forward for clean energy.