There’s barely time to catch our breath before 2023 begins but here’s a chance to look back with the top picks of our content from 2022.

Hyme Energy will deploy a 20-hour hydroxide molten salt-based thermal energy storage system in Rønne, Denmark, for 2024 while Azelio has just completed the installation of a unit in Dubai, UAE.

With nearly half of global emissions coming from heat processes, clean long duration energy storage (LDES) which can store thermal energy are crucial for decarbonisation, says a new LDES Council report.

Utility and power generation company Enel Group and Brenmiller Energy have inaugurated a thermal energy storage system in Italy using the latter’s proprietary bGen technology.

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) is seeking proposals for non-battery energy storage projects to supplement renewable energy generation, and will cover up to 100% of project costs.

Norway-based thermal energy storage company Kyoto Group has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to deploy an 88MWh system in Spain in the second half of 2023.

ARENA funding will support Hydrostor’s advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project in New South Wales.

Another edition of our news in brief from around the world in energy storage.

The past week has seen thermal energy storage solution companies strike or execute on commercial deals across Norway, Greece, Israel and South Africa.

Australian startup MGA Thermal has bagged around US$1 million in government funding for a 5MWh thermal energy storage project while Israel-based Brenmiller Energy has inaugurated a 1MWh unit in Brazil.