Google’s smart home division has joined a group of companies including Ford, Sunpower and Sunrun in founding a new partnership centred around scaling the market for virtual power plants (VPP).
France-headquartered independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has given system integrator Nidec ASI the green light to start work on a 40MW battery storage unit in Sweden, Neoen’s first in the country.
International energy company RWE is about to take two battery storage projects virtually coupled with existing run-of-river hydroelectric plants into commercial operation in Germany.
Nostromo Energy is seeking an equity capital raise as part of getting a US$189 million loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy to roll out its cold energy storage solution.
New energy storage projects co-located with renewables in Spain will be eligible to have 40-65% of their investment costs covered under a government scheme launching in a week’s time.
California utility PG&E is developing a long-duration energy storage microgrid combining batteries and green hydrogen, in partnership with Energy Vault, the company known for its gravity-based solution.
Mercedes-Benz Energy, part of the large automotive OEM, has expanded its range of second life energy storage partnerships into India through a 50MWh per annum module supply deal with local firm Lohum.
An evaluation of 2022 and predictions for the coming year from German battery storage developer and system integrator ECO STOR, and UK-based second life energy storage firm Connected Energy.
Some companies which were previously considering Europe for lithium-ion gigafactory projects are now looking to the US instead, executives working in site selection and design told Energy-Storage.news.
