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Google backs 100 MWh zinc, 280 MWh lithium storage capacity in US
MN8 Energy, Eos Energy Enterprises and Google will pair solar generation with lithium-ion and zinc-based long-duration energy storage (LDES) at a West Virginia project the companies say will provide dispatchable capacity to the PJM Interconnection grid.
Sep 03, 2026
Germany opens first 4.5 GW capacity auction including long-duration storage
Germany’s Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has launched the first 4.5 GW auction under the new StromVKG, with developers invited to bid for dispatchable generation and long-duration storage capacity despite pending EU state aid approval.
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Batteries are setting prices, but long-duration storage will define the market
We have now reached a genuine inflection point in Australia’s fast-evolving energy market. The latest data confirms what many in the sector have been anticipating for years: batteries are no longer peripheral assets, they are actively shaping the formation of pricing across the country.
Long-duration storage is key to Australia’s energy security
Recent disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz are a reminder of a simple fact: energy markets reprice risk quickly. In Australia, this pain is initially felt in transport and parts of industry that rely on imported liquid fuels, with prices set offshore and supply chains we do not control. Reducing that risk exposure depends on accelerating electrification of those sectors, where it is economic to do so.
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