The commercial manager for Balance Power, one of two UK developers to have announced project approvals this week, has questioned whether the market standard 2-hour duration is enough for net zero.

Hydrostor “remains fully committed” to its 4GWh advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project in California, its president told Energy-Storage.news as it considers alternative locations and delivery dates.

Zinc-bromine flow battery manufacturer Redflow’s CEO Tim Harris speaks with Energy-Storage.news about the company’s biggest-ever project.

Iron-saltwater flow battery company ESS Inc looks set to deploy by far its largest project to-date, a 50MW/500MWh system at a renewables hub from German energy firm LEAG, with potential for more.

Julia Souder, CEO of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council, explores energy storage as the cornerstone of power grids of the future.

Energy-Storage.news caught up with Energy Vault CEO Robert Piconi to primarily discuss its gravity-based energy storage solution which, putting it mildly, has its fair share of sceptics.

California governor Gavin Newsom has outlined how the state will reach 100% decarbonisation by 2045, in a policy update which put energy storage front-and-centre in enabling 24/7 clean power.

A large-scale pumped hydro energy storage project in Washington State has passed a key stage of approvals, while another in South Dakota has been dropped.

A tender will open in a few days’ time under NSW’s electricity system roadmap through which 550MW of long-duration storage could be procured.

Geothermal-based energy storage company EarthBridge Energy has secured land rights to deploy its technology in Texas.