Energy-Storage.news caught up with Energy Vault CEO Robert Piconi to primarily discuss its gravity-based energy storage solution which, putting it mildly, has its fair share of sceptics.

Masdar has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with the Uzbekistan government to develop more than 2GW of solar and wind projects.

Charley Grimston from battery storage insurance firm Altelium compares the sector’s development with the early stage of the wind market.

Western Australia (WA) has said it will provide funding for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects that will be among the biggest in Australia to date.

Canada-based renewable energy firm Boralex has turned on a 3.3MWh battery storage unit attached to a wind farm in France.

Nearly double the megawatt-hours of large-scale BESS under construction in Australia by the end of 2022 compared to 2021.

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) firm e-Zinc is targeting a gigafactory in the US by 2025 and is considering adjusting its planned project with Toyota Tsusho, it told Energy-Storage.news.

ACWA Power has signed agreements to develop 1.4GW of solar PV and 1.2GW of energy storage projects in Uzbekistan.

Hitachi Energy has installed a 6.25MW/7.5MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Faroe Islands for utility SEV, with substantial benefits to a connected wind farm.

ACWA Power has signed a partnership agreement to develop a large-scale wind energy and battery storage project in Kazakhstan.