Two gas peaker plants and a gas pipeline extension have been approved by regulators in the US state of Indiana, despite concerns.

Hydrogen storage company GKN Hydrogen, gas utility SoCalGas and the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory are collaborating on a new green hydrogen storage solution.

Fluence has signed a deal for its third battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Taiwan, its biggest in the region so far.

Swedish public utility Vattenfall is about to start filling a 45m-high, 200MW-rated thermal energy storage facility with water in Berlin, Germany.

Grid-scale battery storage has emerged as the preferred option to ensure reliable electricity supplies in regions of New South Wales, Australia.

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The first 500MWh of SMC Global Power’s battery storage portfolio has been installed.

As the role of coal declines and ends in Australia’s NEM, huge growth in dispatchable energy storage capacity will be needed in the mix.

ArcLight views its portfolio of existing thermal power plant assets as “excellent potential locations for battery projects”.

FREYR Battery will go ahead with construction of its first battery gigafactory in Norway, which has announced a National Battery Strategy.