Japanese manufacturer NGK Insulators’ proprietary battery tech features in a large-scale project that has just come online in its home country, as a pilot begins in the US.

A ‘smart energy’ subsidiary of Japan’s biggest telecommunications company, NTT, has launched an energy storage plant services division.

Vanadium redox flow battery company VFlowTech has raised investment towards manufacturing, expansion and enhancement of digital capabilities.

Regional electric utility companies in Japan are playing key roles in the delivery of battery energy storage system (BESS) resources.

A total of 26 battery energy storage projects in Japan have been selected for contracts through the Long-Term Decarbonisation Power Source Auction (LTDA) for 2024.

Aboitiz Power has broken ground on the development of a 48MW hybrid BESS at a floating oil-fired power plant in Agusan del Norte.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will lend the Georgia government US$104 million to support a transmission-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

LS Electric will deploy a 20MW/90MWh battery storage system in Japan after it was awarded the contract through a competitive solicitation.

A 200MW/400MWh BESS project in China combining lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries has been put into operation.

The government Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines has opened the initial steps of an auction scheme for renewables paired with energy storage.