Global battery storage system integrator Powin and recently-launched EPC firm Linxon have secured battery storage project contracts in ERCOT, Texas, totalling 400MWh and 200MWh respectively.

Enervenue has completed UL9540A tests for its nickel-hydrogen cells, units and systems and obtained UL1973 certification.

The president of Chile has proposed boosting state control over its lithium reserves, sending the share prices of companies involved in the extraction industry tumbling.

Enel Green Power will start building 1.6GW of battery storage projects in Italy this quarter, with the country’s utility-scale market expected to soar in the next three years.

UK battery storage developer Field Energy has announced plans to expand into Italy, a market where the utility-scale sector is set to grow substantially from a negligible base today.

DOE has opened a funding opportunity for work to address gaps or weaknesses in manufacturing of solid-state and flow battery technologies.

Mining giant Glencore, Spain-based utility Iberdrola and commercial waste management firm FCC are partnering to develop lithium-ion battery circularity solutions, including recycling and second life.

Guidance on the EU Battery Passport has been released by consortium tasked with supporting flagship sustainability and transparency effort.

Developer Enerparc has turned on its first solar-plus-storage project in Germany awarded under 2020/21’s Innovation Tender.

NextEra’s eight-hour energy storage project in California will use lithium-ion technology, but ‘battery chemistry did not play a major role in project evaluation’, offtaker Clean Power Alliance told Energy-Storage.news.