Many of the battery gigafactory projects in Europe are likely to see delays, Energy-Storage.news has heard.

Another edition of our news in brief from around the world in energy storage, this time focusing on product announcements.

Whilst growing in popularity for stationary energy storage, one project developer tells Energy-Storage.news that LFP batteries deliver lower returns than NMC ones, a claim we then put to battery intelligence firm ACCURE.

Mining giant Rio Tinto has invested US$10 million in battery materials company Nano One, a few weeks after Nano One acquired the lithium iron phosphate cathode business of Johnson Matthey.

JinkoSolar has signed distribution agreement for its battery storage solutions with a Nigeria-headquartered business systems integrator.

Global battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Powin Energy is expanding its battery cell and system testing lab in Oregon, US.

Intersolar Europe event saw a number of energy storage-related announcements from Chinese solar PV industry players.

Norwegian lithium-ion battery gigafactory group FREYR has signed a conditional offtake agreement with energy storage system integrator Powin Energy totalling 28.5GWh over six years.

Independent Power Producer (IPP) Innergex Renewable Energy has ordered two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects from Mitsubishi Power Americas for co-located sites in Chile, South America.

Tesla made 846MWh of battery energy storage system deployments in the first quarter of this year.