UK utility SSE has put £100 million (US$123 million) into its Coire Glas pumped hydro project in Scotland for pre-construction activities, but said that new policy is needed for it go to final investment decision (FID).

Ministry of Power has issued guidelines for the adoption of PHES as a key technology for India’s renewable energy ambitions.

Tender to pair hydro plants in Ukraine with battery storage, amid reports of massive damage to the country’s grid and generation fleet.

Justin Rangooni, executive director of Energy Storage Canada, explains why hitting the country’s 2050 net zero target will be impossible without at least 8GW of energy storage by 2035.

Portuguese utility EDP is to add energy storage to a hybrid floating solar and hydropower project after it was energised earlier this month.

A plan to turn Australian island state Tasmania into the ‘Battery of the Nation’ has taken a step forwards.

Iberdrola expects its 880MW pumped hydro plant at the Tâmega energy storage complex in northern Portugal to become fully operational in the middle of this year. 

Power company TransAlta has made an application to regulators seeking approval of a large-scale battery storage system in Alberta, Canada, which will be charged from hydroelectric generation. 

Updated 27 July 2021: An RWE spokesperson told Energy-Storage.news that the combined capacity of the BESS installations will be 128MWh across the two sites. It was also confirmed that the project will be commercially-oriented, rather than a demonstration of the technology or potential business models.