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.

News in brief from around the world in Energy Storage.

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.

Energy-Storage.news proudly presents this sponsored webinar with Clean Horizon, discussing the prime potential of energy storage in India.

News in brief, from another busy week for our colleagues reporting on the UK battery storage market at Solar Power Portal.

A pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant with a capacity of 20GWh in Valais, Switzerland, will begin operations on Friday, 1 July.