Australia’s energy minister, Chris Bowen, confirmed yesterday (21 October) that the government is seeking around 4GW of dispatchable power, such as energy storage, and 6GW of renewable energy generation in the next Capital Investment Scheme (CIS) tender round.

Installed battery storage capacity in California has grown from just 500MW in 2018 to more than 13,300MW at the latest count.

Penny Sharpe, the New South Wales energy minister, has announced plans to legislate a new long-duration energy storage (LDES) target for the Australian state of 28GWh by 2034.

The European Union’s transition to a renewable-energy-powered electricity grid will fail unless it does more to support and promote energy storage, according to the Energy Storage Coalition.

Highview Power has revealed its second planned long-duration energy storage (LDES) project using its liquid air energy storage (LAES) technology, in Scotland, UK.

Solutions provider nVent on the industry’s increasing demand for energy storage systems with smarter design and technology to deliver a smaller footprint.

Developer and optimiser Ingrid Capacity and investor BW ESS have commissioned a 211MW/211MWh BESS portfolio in Sweden, the largest in the Nordics, they claimed.

Engineering consultancy Sweco has been contracted to design one of Europe’s largest battery energy storage systems with a storage capacity of 2,800MWh in Belgium.

The first batteries have been installed at state-owned Synergy’s 500MW/2,000MWh Collie battery energy storage system (BESS) in Western Australia.

Baltic Storage Platform, a joint venture (JV), has broken ground on two new 200MW/400MWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Estonia.