European Commission has given green light for state aid towards development of a large-scale pumped hydro energy storage in Finland.

Quidnet, developing a proprietary mechanical energy storage technology, will receive funding from US DOE’s ARPA-E.

Tender to pair hydro plants in Ukraine with battery storage, amid reports of massive damage to the country’s grid and generation fleet.

A €600,000 grant from Enterprise Estonia and KredEx has been given to a pumped hydro energy storage project in the Baltic state.

Tunisian utility STEG is planning to build a 400-600MW pumped hydro energy storage plant, for a 2029 commissioning date.

Asset manager Foresight Group has invested in a co-located 1.6GWh pumped hydro energy storage and wind project in Scotland.

Greenko has selected Andritz to carry out electromechanical works on a pumped hydro project in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Queensland gets about 21% of its energy from renewables, but the state government has just set an increased target of 70% renewables by 2032.

US$16.6 million funding has been committed for five long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in New York by the US state’s government.

Renewable developer Scatec and energy group EDF have signed a binding agreement with the government of Malawi to develop a hydropower plant with 309MW/7,000MWh of pumped hydro energy storage.