Developer FuturEnergy Ireland has announced its intentions to build Europe’s first iron-air battery energy storage system (BESS).

Vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) manufacturer VRB Energy intends to build two factories in China through a joint venture (JV) and one in the US through a new subsidiary.

The Australian government’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources has indicated that lithium-ion batteries are poised to “dominate” stationary storage for durations under 4-hours, but alternative technologies could surpass them for long duration energy storage (LDES).

India and Spain both saw major developments in their respective pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) sectors yesterday (26 September).

Luigi Resta, president of rPlus Energies, discusses the developer’s efforts to be first past the post in building new pumped hydro energy storage projects in the US with ESN Premium.

The government of Queensland has committed to investing in a factory in the Australian state that will make flow batteries based on iron electrolyte technology.

The Central Electricity Authority of India (CEA) announced on Sunday (22 September) that it would fast-track an additional 2,500MW of pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) projects being developed in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

The German government has opened a public consultation on new frameworks to procure energy resources, including long-duration energy storage (LDES).

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will guarantee a loan from U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance for a project pairing 15MW of solar PV with 70MWh of long-duration energy storage (LDES) on Tribal Lands in California.

Stanford University and Argonne National Laboratory will lead R&D efforts in emerging battery and energy storage technologies funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE).