This edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage focuses on virtual power plant action in the US.

Groundbreaking has taken place for a manufacturing hub in West Virginia, US, to be powered by a large-scale solar-plus-storage microgrid.

Project claimed to be the first of its kind in the US, utilising the highest temperature thermal storage tech in the world has gone online.

Energy Vault has confirmed its increased guidance for 2022, posting US$146 million in revenue of which two-thirds came in Q4.

Energy storage’s incredible versatility and usefulness can’t be fully unleashed without a comprehensive approach to fire safety.

The second life energy storage market is about to enter a consolidation phase, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Energy tells Energy-Storage.news.

The Energy Storage Summit 2023 was attended by more than a thousand delegates and featured a veritable who’s-who of the sector.

The battery storage industry can learn lessons on how to approach fire safety from more established sectors as it works to develop standards.

The power solutions arm of manufacturing firm Volvo Group has expanded into the battery energy storage system (BESS) market, launching a sub-system product initially in the US and Europe.

Sungrow has signed another battery storage supply deal with renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure developer Doral for projects in Israel.