Itaipu Binacional is developing a pilot battery energy storage system (BESS) linked to its floating solar plant to evaluate how batteries can improve the integration of solar generation with hydropower. The demonstration project remains in the planning stage, with installed…
Africa-focused climate technology venture capital firm Catalyst Fund announced the launch of Catalyst Climate Resilience Fund I, raising $30 million at the fund’s second close to invest in early-stage climate technology startups. Launched in 2016, Nairobi-based Catalyst Fund is an…
Energy-storage.news spoke with Gerry Liu, GM of Hiconincs, at Intersolar Europe in Munich. We discussed the company’s residential energy offerings and its plans for the European market.
The European Central Bank (ECB) revealed that it has started the application of a new “climate factor” in its collateral framework, enabling the central bank to adjust the assigned value of assets pledged by banks as collateral for loans based…
This edition of news in brief features portfolio acquisitions, project completions, a supply deal and investments across Europe.
ZincFive co-founder Tim Hysell first encountered nickel-zinc chemistry while building battery backup systems for traffic lights – now his company is using the same chemistry to build uninterrupted power supply (UPS) battery cabinets. “We started this journey in 2009,” Hysell…
X2 has acquired the late-stage Corop Solar Farm and battery project in Victoria from original developer BNRG Leeson, a joint venture between Melbourne-headquartered Leeson Group and Ireland-based BNRG Renewables. The late-stage hybrid project, planned for an almost 1,100-hectare site near…
Sungrow Renewables and ID Energy Group are advancing three battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totaling 171.5 MW MWh near the Vall d’Uixó 220 kV substation in Spain’s Castellón province. ID Energy Group is developing the ALM Julben Solar and…
Dutch long-duration energy storage (LDES) developer Elestor has partnered with Windpark Zeewolde to deploy a 20MW/200-800MWh hydrogen-iron flow battery storage system at what is described as Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.
Brazil’s 2026/2027 Plano Safra agricultural financing program will, for the first time, make battery energy storage systems eligible for financing under selected rural credit lines. The program, announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, provides a record BRL 525.1…