A roundup of the biggest projects, financing and offtake deals in the energy storage sector that we have has reported on this year.

A 100MW battery storage project in the UK connected to National Grid’s transmission network has gone online, developed by Pacific Green on the former site of a coal plant.

Norwegian power company Statkraft has agreed to acquire a 450MW pumped storage hydro project being developed near Loch Ness in Scotland, UK.

UK’s electricity system operator, National Grid ESO (ESO) this week (12 December) launched the first stage of its Open Balancing Platform.

Two startups presenting gravity-based energy storage technologies for commercialisation have signed partnerships with major players in engineering and mining.

A roundup of long-duration energy storage (LDES) news from around the world this week.

The European Commission, along with governments of Australia, the US and Canada, have backed a new initiative to promote battery storage.

The government of Spain, through the Institution for the diversification and energy savings (IDAE) has awarded 880MW/1809MWh in its first tender for energy storage to be co-located with renewables.

The Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Investment Company has announced a strategic investment in UK-headquartered battery energy storage and EV fleet solutions provider Zenobē.

The UK government’s recently announced national Battery Strategy was intended as a roadmap to establishing a competitive value chain.