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VSUN Energy's EV charging trial in Western Australia. Image: VSUN Energy.

Australian Vanadium signs flow battery project development MoU

May 26, 2022
Australian Vanadium has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with developer North Harbour Clean Energy (NHCE).
Feldheim, Germany, is a village which has already used a combination of wind, solar and biogas with battery storage to cover all of its energy needs from renewables. Image: LG Chem.

Europe needs a ‘massive rollout’ of energy storage

May 19, 2022
European policymakers appear to have a blind spot when it comes to energy storage and its role in the transition away from fossil fuels.
US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm has previously highlighted a potential role for flow batteries on the US grid. Image: US DoE event screenshotted from YouTube.

Long-duration energy storage ‘for everyone’ says US DoE as McKinsey publishes advice to corporates

May 16, 2022
The US government Department of Energy has issued a Request for Information as it prepares to rollout a package worth more than half a billion dollars to support development and commercialisation of long-duration energy storage.
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Eos manufacturing expansion underway, 14% drop in materials costs for zinc battery storage

May 12, 2022
Eos Energy Enterprises added 65MWh of production capacity in the first quarter of this year.
Jennifer Granholm, US Secretary of Energy, visiting Eos R&D facilities last year. The DoE has invited the company to apply for loans as a battery manufacturer. Image: Eos via Twitter.

Eos gets investor’s US$200 million financing commitment for zinc battery storage

April 29, 2022
Zinc battery storage company Eos Energy Enterprises has secured a US$200 million investment commitment.
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‘Getting ahead of the market’: Mitsubishi Power Americas on Li-ion, long duration and green hydrogen storage

April 21, 2022
Energy-storage.news catches up with Thomas Cornell, Senior VP Energy Storage Solutions at Mitsubishi Power Americas about the company’s energy storage market activity, strategy and future plans.
Concept art for how the Aurora project is envisaged. Image: 1414 Degrees.

State Grid of China, Singapore Power pull out of hybrid renewables and long-duration storage project in Australia

April 11, 2022
Group co-owned by State Grid Corporation of China and Singapore Power has halted investment into a hybrid project in South Australia. 
Zinc: versatile, abundant and used by various energy storage companies at differing stages of commercialisation. Image: Wikimedia, Hi-Res Images of Chemical Elements.

e-Zinc raises US$25m to begin commercial pilot production of long-duration storage

April 7, 2022
e-Zinc, which claims its zinc metal-based battery technology could provide low-cost, long-duration energy storage has raised US$25 million. 
Part of a 1MW/6MWh project using NGK's NAS batteries for utility BC Hydro in Canada, which went online in 2013. Image: BC Hydro.

Vehicle-to-grid and sodium sulfur batteries win right to provide grid-balancing in Japan

April 7, 2022
Technologies from US V2G solutions company Nuvve and NGK’s sodium sulfur batteries will provide ancillary services and other grid stability applications in Japan. 
The site of Kidston pumped hydro plant in Queensland, Australia's first new PHES facility in nearly 40 years. Tasmania could be adding significantly more to the country's installed base. Image: Genex Australia.

Australian federal government funding for Tasmania ‘Battery of the Nation’ hydro scheme

April 4, 2022
A plan to turn Australian island state Tasmania into the ‘Battery of the Nation’ has taken a step forwards.

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