Japanese conglomerate Itochu is launching its first grid-scale BESS project with utility Osaka Gas and finance group Tokyo Century Leasing.

A battery storage system made with second life EV batteries has been developed by carmaker Toyota and Japanese utility company Tokyo Electric Power.

Gotion High-Tech has continued recent moves into new markets across Asia, signing a deal with Japan’s Edison Power.

The European Commission has cleared an investment by Canadian pension fund BCI into Eku Energy, a new utility-scale BESS platform launched by Macquarie last year.

Sumitomo Electric will step up its VRFB business in the US, with plans to invest in local production and installation capabilities.

Automotive group Toyota and utility JERA have commissioned a battery storage system made up of lithium-ion, nickel metal-hydride and lead acid cells, something relatively novel in the sector.

A large-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery energy storage system made by NGK Insulators will be installed at a former LNG terminal in Japan.

Pattern Energy has achieved financial close on an offshore wind project in northern Japan to include a 100MW battery energy storage system.

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.