Gilkes Energy has been awarded planning consent for its Earba Pumped Storage Hydro (PSH) scheme.

State-owned company WaterNSW has confirmed it is exploring opportunities to implement pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) across 41 of its dams in New South Wales, Australia.

Allegro Energy has revealed what it claims is Australia’s first locally manufactured microemulsion flow battery (MeFB) suited for LDES.

We hear from XL Batteries and Quino Energy, ‘organic’ chemistry flow battery technology companies, about how they plan to scale up and reduce costs to compete with lithium-ion. 

Sumitomo Electric has followed up the US launch of its newest vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology, announcing a deal in Japan.

ESN Premium speaks with Ben Potter of Energy Dome about NTPC’s adoption of the startup’s long-duration energy storage technology.

The UK government has published a Technical Decision Document confirming crucial aspects of its long duration electricity storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme, which includes increasing the minimum duration required from six hours to eight.

Thimo Mueller of AEMO Services, believes the value of energy storage in Australia will be higher than investor expectations.

Florida’s largest utility, Florida Power & Light (FPL), is ramping up its energy storage ambitions across the Sunshine State, with plans to deploy over 2.2GW of new BESS between 2026 and 2027.

The development of global standards and specifications for the electrolyte used in vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) is “crucial” for the technology’s prospects.