Another edition of our irregular news in brief feature: Eos Energy Enterprises closes a US Department of Energy loan deal, UBS picks an AI-driven asset optimiser and financial close for a solar-plus-storage project at an Arkansas steel rebar plant.

Swedish state-owned energy company Vattenfall has commissioned a green hydrogen storage pilot facility within a 100GWh capacity cavern.

Siemens Energy has formed a partnership aimed at sustainably decarbonising the industrial sector with Norway-headquartered thermal energy storage company EnergyNest.