In this news roundup, Unigrid, Inlyte Energy, CIUDEN, and Sunamp are advancing non-lithium energy storage technologies worldwide.

We hear about the progress made and challenges ahead at the policy level from Jacopo Tosoni of the trade association Energy Storage Europe.

Australia’s MGA Thermal has secured AU$17 million (US$12 million) in new investment for its long-duration thermal energy storage technology as it enters the commercial scale-up phase.

MGA Thermal has secured AU$3.25 million in funding from ARENA to conduct up to five FEED studies for its thermal energy storage technology.

A 582MWh battery storage project and a gigawatt-hour-scale thermal energy storage system are the latest big developments in the emerging Baltic region, north-eastern Europe.

The costs of certain long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are expected to decline by around 37% on average by 2030, according to a new study.

Covestro and startup Rondo Energy have broken ground on a 100MWh TES system at Covestro’s Brunsbüttel chemical site in Germany.

Australian thermal energy storage company 1414 Degrees has received critical regulatory approval from AEMO for its 140MW Aurora BESS.

We need to think more deeply about thermal energy storage as a pathway to industrial decarbonisation and managing electricity costs, writes Pasquale Romano, CEO of Redoxblox.

As we welcome the end of another year and greet the next, here are the top 10 most-read news stories from 2025.