The first contract awards for Ontario’s expedited procurement have been announced, in which 739MW of battery storage bids were successful.

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) firm e-Zinc is targeting a gigafactory in the US by 2025 and is considering adjusting its planned project with Toyota Tsusho, it told Energy-Storage.news.

Switch Power has commissioned five battery storage projects in Ontario, Canada.

Canada will introduce tax credit incentives and invest in developing and manufacturing solar PV, energy storage and other renewable energy technologies in an Inflation Reduction Act-style scheme.

The government of Nova Scotia amends Electricity Act with the view to accelerating the deployment of energy storage.

A major upturn in US energy storage deployments is expected as a direct consequence of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Alberta-based developer Enfinite has commissioned two grid-scale battery storage projects in the Canadian province.

Canadian utility NB Power has issued a Request for Expressions of Interest (REOI) seeking to establish 50MW of energy storage and 220MW of renewables capacity in New Brunswick, Canada.

TransAlta has acquired a 50% stake in an early-stage development pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project in Alberta.

Suncor’s plan to recover vanadium from coke-fired boilers will receive CA$7 million (US$5.2 million) government funding.