High cost and material availability are the main non-technical barriers to energy storage deployment at the scale needed, according to a new report from MIT.

VFlowTech, a Singapore-based vanadium redox flow battery manufacturer, has signed an MoU with global liquid storage logistics group Advario.

Pilot production has been established by an Australian company making lithium-ion battery storage solutions designed for hot climates.

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

Compressed air long-duration energy storage (A-CAES) solution provider Hydrostor has chosen Kiewit to provide engineering and design studies for its 500MW Willow Rock Energy Storage Center in California, US.

Spanish multinational Naturgy has bought a large-scale hybrid solar-plus-storage project in development in Australia.

Equinor has led an investment round for a flow battery manufacturer and Uniper will carry out a megawatt-scale flow battery pilot project.

Expressions of Interest have been invited for so-called ‘round-the-clock’ renewable energy projects in India by NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam.

A state-owned power company has begun the construction phase of a 35MW grid-scale battery storage project in Australia’s Northern Territory.

Increasingly, microgrids often lean on battery storage as a key component, replacing or reducing reliance on diesel and other fossil fuels.