Volvo Energy, part of the automotive and engineering company Volvo Group, and UK-based second life BESS firm Connected Energy have signed a letter of intent to jointly develop a BESS solution.

Confirming reports made earlier this week, UK battery storage developer Zenobē Energy has secured c.£600 million from investment firm KKR.

A new national plan to regulate planning procedures and permitting for energy storage facilities looks likely to be adopted in Israel.

Part 2 of our look at ees Europe 2023 focuses on some of the many product and solutions launches.

Bi-directional smart charging from The Mobility House will turn electric vehicles (EVs) from Renault into vehicle-to-grid (V2G) assets.

A battery storage system made with second life EV batteries has been developed by carmaker Toyota and Japanese utility company Tokyo Electric Power.

Electric ‘supercar’ firm Rimac is bringing “leading expertise in extracting maximal performance” from battery cells to its new energy storage division, which will also consider non-lithium technology, it told Energy-Storage.news.

BMW has partnered with a California utility to test out vehicle-to-X technologies, while fellow carmaker Volvo has invested in a bi-directional charging solutions provider.

Banpu NEXT is targeting the Asia-Pacific region’s battery-based clean energy opportunities with battery manufacturer Durapower.

Element Energy’s large stock of batteries for second life energy storage are mostly LG batteries recalled from EVs in the last few years due to fire safety concerns, a source told Energy-Storage.news.