Key contracts have been awarded in Queensland, Australia, to work on what would be the world’s largest pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant.

AES Corporation has added the 2GW Bellefield solar-plus-storage project to its portfolio after acquiring it from the project developer, Avantus.

Japanese conglomerate Itochu is launching its first grid-scale BESS project with utility Osaka Gas and finance group Tokyo Century Leasing.

NAS battery is one of the most mature long-duration technologies today, proven by more than 20 years of deployment in the field.

Lithium-ion stationary battery producer Hithium is entering the European market, with its first appearance at Intersolar Europe next week.

Startup EnerVenue has won an order in Florida for 25MWh of its “uniquely differentiated” metal-hydrogen energy storage technology.

Global PV inverter and energy storage solutions provider Sungrow will supply equipment to eight solar microgrid projects in Lebanon.

US energy storage developer Gridstor has announced the start of construction of its first project, a 60MW/160MWh BESS in California.

Australian Vanadium, targeting vertically integrated involvement in the flow battery market, has received the first payment from a government grant to support its manufacturing plans.

A megawatt-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery demonstration project involving South Korea’s largest electric utility has gone online.