Vietnam is confronting barriers to energy storage deployment, setting an example for the wider ASEAN region, writes Sunita Dubey.

“A multi-stream revenue stacking model” made it possible for Pacifico Energy to self-fund a new grid-scale battery storage project in Japan.

Manoa Energy and HD Renewable Energy Japan have begun commercial operation of a 50MW/104MWh battery storage project in Hokkaido, Japan.

Japan’s energy storage market is experiencing a wave of significant growth, as ESN Premium hears from Eku Energy and BloombergNEF.

Japan’s grid-scale battery storage market offers fresh opportunities with “amazing” returns, according to GridBeyond’s market optimisation director.

We hear from XL Batteries and Quino Energy, ‘organic’ chemistry flow battery technology companies, about how they plan to scale up and reduce costs to compete with lithium-ion. 

Regulators earlier this month approved a scheme to support grid-scale energy storage facilities, aligned with New York’s 6GW by 2030 policy target.

The battery storage markets of Italy, Great Britain and Germany are the top three most attractive for investors in Europe, according to analysis firm Aurora Energy Research.

Sungrow has agreed to supply ‘approximately’ 500MWh of battery storage technology to Sun Village, a Japanese solar PV project developer.

Germany and the UK are currently Europe’s ‘hottest’ markets for battery storage, but others present exciting opportunities, too.