With nearly half of global emissions coming from heat processes, clean long duration energy storage (LDES) which can store thermal energy are crucial for decarbonisation, says a new LDES Council report.

Spain-based energy conversion equipment specialist Ingeteam has commissioned a 10MW/20MWh battery energy storage system at an existing wind farm in Australia.

GlidePath has started operating Byrd Ranch, a 50MW battery energy storage system in Texas, US, which will be optimised by Habitat Energy.

Invinity Energy Systems and Eos Energy Enterprises are providing long duration energy storage systems to the ‘biggest renewables microgrid project in the US’, being developed for the Viejas Tribe of Kumeyaay Indians in Southern California.

Global energy firm RWE has finalised its investment decision for two battery energy storage systems (BESS) totalling 220MW, in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany.

Investor Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) has acquired a 600MW portfolio of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in development in Greece.

Canada’s government will introduce tax incentives for clean energy technologies, including solar PV, battery storage, and hydrogen.

A roundup of US energy storage news from Powin Energy, Tesla and Homer Electric, and Rome-based Energy Dome.

Residential energy solutions provider Sunrun has been selected to develop a 17MW energy storage virtual power plant (VPP) in Puerto Rico.

Justin Rangooni, executive director of Energy Storage Canada, explains why hitting the country’s 2050 net zero target will be impossible without at least 8GW of energy storage by 2035.