The government of Estonia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for what would be the Eastern European country’s first pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) facility.

GRIDCO, in the Indian state of Odisha, is holding a competitive solicitation for 500MW/2,500MWh of standalone battery storage resources.

Energy security concerns are very real, but jumping into a ‘dash for gas’ would be a mistake, and LNG is not the answer, writes Eric Dresselhuys, CEO of ESS Inc.

Google, Microsoft, and Nucor Corporation have issued a request for information (RFI) for innovative clean electricity technologies.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is funding trial deployments of two different non-lithium battery technologies at microgrids in Western Australia.

The UK’s House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has said government must make “major decisions about future energy infrastructure”.

This Friday briefing looks at the trend of long-duration energy storage (LDES) technology companies eyeing project development, the role Europe’s gigafactory projects play in the continent’s energy storage system (ESS) market, and the inherent challenges that come with vertical integration.

Energy-Storage.news Premium learns why Energy Dome, maker of the proprietary CO2 Battery for long-duration energy storage, has moved into the project business.

Energy Vault has connected its first commercial EVx gravity-based energy storage system to the grid in China, while construction has been launched on three others, all-in-all totalling 468MWh of capacity.

This Friday Briefing covers how advanced inverters can impact CO2 levels and why fire safety is a topic the industry can tackle together.