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.

Spanish utility Iberdrola has inaugurated its ‘Tâmega Gigabattery’ in northern Portugal, a renewable energy complex including pumped hydro with an energy storage capacity of 40GWh.

Prime Infrastructure Capital, owned by Filipino businessman Enrique K Razon, is in line to provide 500MW of pumped hydro power to national utility Meralco.

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has neared the halfway completion mark of a 250MW pumped hydro project.

Our UK colleagues spoke with some of the winners of the long-duration energy storage technology competition hosted by the government.

Battery storage is leading provider of frequency control ancillary services (FCAS) in the National Electricity Market.

Construction work has started on a 30MWh pumped hydro storage project in Western Australia.

JSW Energy, part of Indian conglomerate JSW Group, has inked a memorandum of understanding with the Chhattisgarh government to build a 1GW pumped hydro storage project.

Jamaica has received proposals from a consortium of local and international companies to implement a proposed pumped hydro electric storage (PHES) project.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.