Australia’s Clean Energy Council calls for an energy storage target, while arguing that a plans for a capacity mechanism should be scrapped.

Western Australia will retire its two state-owned coal power plants by 2030 and invest in renewable energy and energy storage.

Companies building battery energy storage facilities at former coal power plant sites in Illinois will get US$280.5 million in grants.

The story behind EStor-Lux, Belgium’s biggest BESS to date.

Taiwan’s renewable energy goals will only be made possible with the deployment of energy storage, TCC chairman says.

The secretary-general of the UN has highlighted the crucial role battery storage can play in tackling the global climate crisis.

A newly-announced battery gigafactory in the US from startup SPARKZ will make batteries suitable for grid storage and will be built in the heart of Appalachian coal county in West Virginia. 

The start of work on a hybrid renewable energy project combining large-scale wind power, solar PV and energy storage, marks “an important moment in South Australia’s clean energy transition,” the state’s energy minister has said. 

For this third instalment of our look back at 2021, we’ve something of a mixture of views from around the industry.

Ahead of a merger between the Energy Storage Association and American Clean Power Association, Energy-Storage.news speaks to the leaders of both.