US-based Energy Vault has confirmed a notice of award from Meadow Creek Solar for the deployment of a 250MW/500MWh energy storage system at Meadow Creek Solar farm in Victoria, Australia. In the ever-evolving story that has been Britishvolt over the last week or two, it has been announced that 300 staff members will take a pay cut for the month of November, while executives at the project will forego their salary for this month, this is to make the money received from the anonymous donor go further in the short term as the company searches for more significant investment. CALB will build its first European battery plant in Portugal, having signed a memorandum of understanding with the Portuguese Government.…