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Domestic, Energy Consumption

Deloitte Report Details Importance of Energy Storage to U.S. Power Grid

September 26, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

Energy industry analysts have said energy storage will be needed to support the integration of renewable energy into the U.S. power grid, and to provide grid flexibility and reliability. Energy storage, including the use of battery energy storage systems (BESS), […]


Domestic, Energy Consumption

Energy Storage Project Announced to Serve California Grid

September 7, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

An energy storage project in Southern California will provide resource adequacy (RA) and ancillary services to the state’s power grid, adding more reliability and resiliency for electricity in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) market. LS Energy Solutions (LS-ES), which […]


Electric, Energy Consumption

Energy Storage Projects Commissioned to Serve New York City

July 25, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

A Virginia-headquartered group said it has brought online the first two of the company’s four planned energy storage systems (ESS) designed to support and stabilize the New York City power grid. Summit Ridge Energy on July 25 said the projects, […]


News and Policies, State

New South Wales hosts tender for 550MW long-duration energy storage, 950MW of generation

May 19, 2023

Via: Energy Storage News

A tender will open in a few days under the long-term roadmap for the electricity system of New South Wales (NSW), through which 550MW of long-duration energy storage (LDES) could be procured. The process will open 22 May 2023, through […]


Electric, Energy Consumption

US grid operators ‘cannot afford a long-duration energy storage dot-com bubble’

April 4, 2023

Via: Energy Storage News

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) may be in something of a ‘dot-com’ moment, but grid operators cannot afford the ‘hiccup’ of any bubble bursting, a senior ISO manager said at the Energy Storage Summit USA. That was the message from Mike […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

UK Infrastructure Bank, Centrica to invest up to £265 million in energy storage

April 4, 2023

Via: Energy Storage News

The UK Infrastructure Bank plans to invest up to £265 million (US$331.45 million) in energy storage development in the UK, in partnership with British Gas owner Centrica Plc. In a statement, Centrica said: “The Bank will invest £75 million on […]


News and Policies, World

Canada’s budget includes energy storage tax credit in wave of cleantech investment

March 30, 2023

Via: Energy Storage News

Canada will introduce tax credit incentives and invest in developing and manufacturing solar PV, energy storage and other renewable energy technologies in an Inflation Reduction Act-style scheme. The Government of Canada has released its 2023 budget, which positions growing the […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Ameresco to get 2.1GWh BESS project for Southern California Edison to ‘substantial completion by summer’

March 1, 2023

Via: Energy Storage News

Renewable energy and energy efficiency company Ameresco has nearly completed its three-site, 2.1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project for utility Southern California Edison (SCE). In announcing its most recent quarterly financial results, the company offered an update to what […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

First Solar bags 2.6-GW DC module deal from Shell’s Savion

March 1, 2023

Via: Renewables Now

US utility-scale solar and energy storage developer Savion LLC has placed an order with thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) for 2.6 GW DC of its Series 7 modules. The photovoltaic (PV) equipment is planned to be delivered between […]


News and Policies, State

1 GWh battery energy storage project advances in Ontario

February 13, 2023

Via: Renewable Energy World

Northland Power said it signed a 20-year fixed-price energy storage facility agreement with the Independent Electricity System Operator in Ontario, Canada, for the Oneida Energy Storage Project. Days earlier, Toronto-based Northland agreed to acquire a majority interest in the 250 […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Energy Storage Being Added to California Gas-Fired Peaker Plants

January 17, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

A North Carolina-based group that provides battery energy storage and software technology is set to co-locate 420 MWh of storage at four natural gas-fired facilities in California. Durham-headquartered FlexGen Power Systems on Jan. 17 said it would provide energy storage […]


Mainstream technologies, Renewable Energy

Six questions about long-duration energy storage

November 23, 2022

Via: Power Engineering

Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) is actively engaged in advancing long-term clean energy storage technologies for both immediate deployment and long-term systems up to 100 hours. B&W is part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL) Duration […]


News and Policies, U.S.

CSI Energy Storage to provide batteries to UBS projects in ERCOT

November 21, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

CSI Energy Storage said it will provide up to 2.6 GWh of battery energy storage capacity for the build-out of energy storage projects managed by UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets business in North America. The projects are […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

DOE targets long duration energy storage with funding announcement

November 15, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

The Department of Energy is making nearly $350 million available for emerging long-duration energy storage (LDES) demonstration projects capable of delivering electricity for 10 to 24 hours or longer. Funded in part by the 2021 infrastructure law, the funding aims […]


Electric, Energy Consumption

Energy storage project aims to help stabilize Vermont’s electric power grid

September 15, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

Done correctly, and with enough of it, energy storage could be the hero of many grids as the energy transition drives the adoption of more variable resources powered by the wind and the sun. Grid operators stress how important it […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Resi solar projects are getting larger, increasingly are paired with energy storage

September 13, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

The Energy Department’s Berkeley Lab’s published its latest Tracking the Sun annual report, which is based on data from roughly 2.5 million systems installed nationally through year-end 2021. It includes preliminary data for the first half of 2022. Key findings […]


Electric, Energy Consumption

Energy Storage Projects in New York and Texas Get Boost

September 8, 2022

Via: Power Magazine

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Sept. 8 that $16.6 million had been awarded to five long-duration energy storage projects in her state. She also said an additional $17 million in competitive funding was available for projects that “advance […]


Energy Economics

The Inflation Reduction Act offers powerful tools for solving the ‘peaker problem’

August 31, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

Fossil-fueled peaker power plants, once embraced by utilities for their rapid response capabilities, have entered a new moment in time. Peakers are the power plants that fire up during high peaks of electricity demand, and they are often the dirtiest […]


Commercialization, Renewable Energy

DOE seeks to implement $335 million battery recycling programs

August 30, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to help guide the implementation of $335 million in investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for lithium-ion battery recycling programs. Batteries are critical to powering clean energy […]


Emerging Technologies, Renewable Energy

Who will build the first new pumped storage hydro in the U.S.?

August 30, 2022

Via: Renewable Energy World

It’s no secret that the U.S. electricity generation system is desperately in need of reliable energy storage to back up the vast amount of intermittent renewable resources being added. It’s also a fact that pumped storage hydropower is the single […]