With the RE+ clean energy expo in Las Vegas, US, coming to an end, we bring you a roundup of the major energy storage product announcements, including from Hithium, Sunwoda and Power Edison.

EV and energy storage giant Tesla saw a slight quarter-on-quarter dip in energy storage deployments in Q2 to 3.7GWh, although annual growth was strong at 222%.

California has passed 5GW of grid-scale battery storage energy storage (BESS) projects, grid operator CAISO has revealed.

The Philippines has turned its focus onto transitioning its energy sector to larger shares of renewable energy. Carlos Nieto of ABB writes about how the company delivered a 60MW battery storage project in alignment with that aim.

In a big week for the grid-scale energy storage market in Italy, regulators have approved new grid storage-specific auction rules and a chunk of Aura Power’s 500MW-plus pipeline of BESS projects.

New Zealand state-owned energy company Meridian Energy has committed to a 100MW battery storage project with BESS to be provided by Saft.

On-time commissioning for the 100MW/150MWh Wandoan South BESS came amid serious challenges.

The US market is on course to reach 13.5GWh of energy storage installations during 2022, according to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

Construction will commence in New Zealand on the country’s biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) project so far, in July.

From data centres to long-duration storage for the grid, zinc looks increasingly likely to play a part in the energy transition, writes Dr Josef Daniel-Ivad from the the Zinc Battery Initiative.