Japan’s electricity market regulator has taken decisive steps to eliminate the practice of grid capacity being blocked by unrealistic projects. The country’s Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (OCCTO) has introduced a requirement for developers to provide evidence of…
Spanish research center CIC energiGUNE has successfully completed testing of an iron-lead redox flow battery, achieving as many as 10,000 charge-discharge cycles. The new technology uses inexpensive, widely available raw materials and has been designed for multi-hour energy storage in…
Statkraft and Greenvolt Power have entered into a 10-year contract covering the optimisation of two utility-scale energy storage facilities in Poland. The agreement covers the Ełk and Turośń Kościelna installations, with a combined power capacity of 400 MW and an…
Chinese researchers have published the latest life cycle assessment of sodium-ion batteries based on layered oxide cathodes in the journal Environmental Impact Assessment Review. Data collected directly from Chinese gigafactories show that producing a sodium-ion battery pack generates 24.9% less…
California-based EnerVenue has signed its first commercial, multi-megawatt-scale contract (11 MWh) for its lithium-free aqueous metal cell technology. A total of 26 containerized Energy Prism systems will be delivered to one of the oil and gas sector giants in northern…
A subsidiary of ML System – a Polish pioneer in building-integrated photovoltaics – has signed an agreement with BESS-Group for the construction of two energy storage facilities, each with a capacity of 5 MW and an energy storage capacity of…
British fund manager Gore Street Capital, through its managed vehicle GS EU Fund SCSp, has acquired a 40 MW / 160 MWh energy storage project in Poland. This is the fund’s first investment in the country. Debut on the Polish…
Australian technology provider Amber Electric has raised €49 million in a Series E funding round. The funding from Morgan Stanley’s investment arm and energy group E.ON will support the European rollout of an artificial intelligence platform that automates the operation…
French startup Battwoo uses second-life batteries from electric vehicles to build stationary energy storage systems. The solution is designed for the commercial and industrial sectors. It can reduce battery purchase costs by 30% and extend their lifespan to as much…
German energy company RWE has made a final investment decision on the construction of a large-scale energy storage facility with a power output of 400 MW and a capacity of 1.1 GWh. The installation will be built at the site…