Jupiter Power has unveiled plans to construct a 700MW standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) facility at the site of a former oil depot previously owned by ExxonMobil in Everett, Massachusetts.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will allocate over US$366 million for 17 clean energy projects in rural and remote areas in the US. 

Maldives is seeking input on flow battery-based energy storage systems for two of the country’s 1,192 islands.

A US$10.5 billion programme to “strengthen grid resilience and reliability” across the US includes funding for microgrids and other projects that will integrate battery storage technologies.

The US Department of Defense Defense Innovation Unit will try out ‘prototype advanced energy systems’ based around LDES technologies.

Sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery storage manufacturer NGK Insulators has formed partnerships aimed at distributed and utility-scale segments.

NHOA has put into operation a 107MWh BESS as part of an industrial microgrid project at a cement plant in Gaungdong province, China.

Flow battery companies at the RE+ 2023 show in Las Vegas offered takes on how their technologies can compete in the evolving energy storage market.

More news in brief from around the world in energy storage, featuring vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), bankruptcy for a thermal storage startup and a new integrated lithium tech.

Californian investor-owned utility (IOU) San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is seeking tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for its upcoming energy storage projects, which it said would enable it to reduce electricity rates for its customers.