European gigafactory group FREYR’s new technology resources campus and business unit in Japan could see it partner with companies in addition to existing technology provider 24M, CEO Tom Jensen told Energy-Storage.news.

Japanese financial services group Orix and regional utility company Kansai Electric building large-scale battery storage system.

News from around the world in energy storage.

Technologies from US V2G solutions company Nuvve and NGK’s sodium sulfur batteries will provide ancillary services and other grid stability applications in Japan. 

One of the world’s biggest vanadium redox flow battery energy storage systems has come online on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.

Renewables developer Solariant Capital and energy investor Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure (DEI) are collaborating to develop a portfolio of US solar and energy storage projects.

News in brief from a busy week for the UK’s energy storage industry.

Development has begun in Japan of a marine battery storage vessel that would be charged at sea from offshore wind and then carry the power back to land.

A tiny, coral reef-surrounded island in southern Japan will be able to use renewable energy as its main source of power, thanks to a microgrid with battery storage technology at its heart. 

China has once again been ranked top for involvement in the global lithium-ion battery supply chain by BloombergNEF, but for the first time the US has come in second amid a policy rush to support the domestic industry.