The CPUC has proposed the procurement of over 10GW of new energy resources, including 1GW of multi-day long-duration energy storage (LDES) and another 1GW of 12-hour-plus LDES.

The consultation in New South Wales, Australia, on reducing the definition of LDES to 4-hours sparked mixed reactions in the energy sector.

The UK government has launched its consultation on its proposals for kickstarting investment into long-duration energy storage (LDES), which includes a cap-and-floor mechanism and excluding lithium-ion from being eligible.

A roundup of long-duration energy storage (LDES) news from around the world this week.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has shortlisted the projects to receive US$325 million for long-duration energy storage (LDES), with technology providers including Energy Dome, Invinity, Form Energy and Redflow.

The US Department of Energy will commit US$30 million in new awards and funding opportunities for energy storage solutions.

Hydrostor “remains fully committed” to its 4GWh advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project in California, its president told Energy-Storage.news as it considers alternative locations and delivery dates.

Energy Vault will reveal new form factors to its EVx gravity-based energy storage solution which could deliver the “lowest cost of energy storage in the world”, CEO Robert Piconi claimed to Energy-Storage.news.

RWE has been awarded a long-term contract for a 50MW/400+MWh battery storage project in New South Wales, Australia.

Invinity Energy Systems will deploy a partially grant-funded 7MW/30MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) system in the UK as the company scales up its project sizes.