Three firefighters were injured after a BESS exploded while crews were responding to a fire at a residential property near Rostock, Germany. The fire broke out on June 5 in a wooden shed at a single-family home in Bentwisch. According…
Trina Storage says a European Union restriction barring EU public funding for battery storage projects using power conversion systems from high-risk countries has had a limited effect on its pipeline, as the company sources its PCS from non-Chinese partners and…
A study by researchers at Deakin University in Victoria shows that community-based battery energy storage systems are the most viable and cost-effective solution for overcoming the grid challenges sparked by the ongoing adoption of renewable energy-based distributed energy resources (DER) such as…
Eni has signed an agreement to acquire a 25% stake in Black Giant SpA, a Chilean subsidiary of EnergyX developing a lithium project near the Salar de Punta Negra in northern Chile. Eni’s total phased investment amounts to $225 million.…
Eni Storage Systems, a joint venture between Eni Industrial Evolution and FIB (Seri Industrial Group), has started construction of a new lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery manufacturing hub in Brindisi, southern Italy. The project will primarily produce batteries for stationary…
The Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) has committed $30 million in a senior secured corporate loan to Hassan Allam Utilities, primarily to support the Minya project in Egypt, which Hassan Allam Utilities and EAAIF describe as a 1,000…
NTPC REL has started accepting online bids to provide EPC services for a 300 MW/1,200 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The project will be connected to the interstate transmission system (ISTS) at the company’s Nokhra solar plant in Rajasthan.…
Battery asset owners trading in Great Britain’s frequency response markets faced a mixed outcome after Ofgem ruled in favor of some rewrites to the terms and conditions governing its Dynamic Response suite of frequency services, while rejecting others. Grid operator…
Cuba has commissioned its first 50 MW BESS at the Cotorro substation in Havana, according to state media reports. The system has already undergone live testing under grid disturbance scenarios, including the loss of generation from the Antonio Guiteras thermal…
Australia’s AnteoTech has launched a new cross-linker additive for use in primer coatings on copper foil anode and aluminium foil cathode current collectors in lithium-ion batteries. The company said its Anteo C product is a PFAS-free, water-based cross-linker that stabilizes…