The US government Department of Energy is looking for public input into how US$675 million of funding for R&D into Critical Materials should be best directed.

Stakeholders have a few days left to take part in a survey on lithium-ion based battery storage system safety.

A capacity mechanism for Australia’s National Electricity Market needs to catalyse investment in renewable energy and energy storage.

There is still plenty of educating decision-makers on storage’s place on the grid to do for US states to follow in the footsteps California and Texas.

Construction has started on a 3.5GWh pumped hydro plant in Gran Canaria, Spain, and progress has been made on two other projects totalling 18GWh of storage in mainland Spain and Nevada, US.

Demand for batteries in India will rise to between 106GWh and 260GWh by 2030 across sectors including transport, consumer electronics and stationary energy storage, with the country racing to build up a localised value chain. 

Experts from the Australian National University explain how battery storage installed at neighbourhood level can benefit a very wide range of stakeholders.

Industry stakeholder organisations from across Europe have come forward to urge the European Union to support the adoption of long-duration energy storage in its European Green Deal.

With over 25 years’ experience as a firefighter and now part of a group that specialises in battery storage safety, Paul Rogers at Energy Safety Response Group knows all about fire safety from both sides of the fence.

The new edition of our quarterly journal PV Tech Power, volume 29, is now available to download, including our comprehensive cover story on solar’s critical next decade.