The US and the European Union have made a fresh pledge to support green energy in Africa.

US National Laboratory leaders talk about the importance of the right kind of storage for the grid.

For the US to create a domestic energy storage industry that can compete globally, it needs to look beyond today’s dominant technologies.

AMTE Power, a UK-based manufacturer of batteries, has said its new sodium-ion cells are close to being ready to send out into the field for testing and validation.

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.

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

A region of southern California desert has the potential to become the hub of a “world-class lithium industry”.

ABB will provide technical expertise for a lithium extraction facility in Portugal which targets zero emissions status by 2030. 

A major new vanadium processing facility is set to open in Finland in late 2024 after the formation of a joint venture (JV) to deliver the project.

Emad Zand, president of Northvolt Systems, on factors impacting the growth of a European battery storage industry.