Tag: energy storage

September 13, 2022

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 […]

September 8, 2022

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 […]

August 31, 2022

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 […]

August 30, 2022

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 […]

August 30, 2022

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 […]

August 25, 2022

If consumers are willing to purchase and install solar energy on their homes and they are also willing to purchase and install batteries so they can continue using that solar energy at night when the sun goes down, could those […]

August 11, 2022

Hybrid power plants continue to be deployed across the U.S., with almost 300 such facilities (all with 1 MW or more of generation capacity) operating at the end of last year. An August 2022 report from the Lawrence Berkeley National […]

July 26, 2022

Utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) are growing rapidly across the U.S., with installations increasing 196% in the past year alone. The most common use case for BESS is for frequency response markets, which offer new revenue streams for both […]

July 12, 2022

Equinor has acquired U.S. battery energy storage developer East Point Energy, the companies announced. The privately-owned East Point is headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia and has a 4.1 GW current pipeline of early to mid-stage battery storage projects focused on the […]

July 7, 2022

Scotland-based renewables developer Renewco Power has acquired a 2GW pipeline of US-based solar and energy storage assets from Beaufort Rosemary. Renewco, which is backed by British utility giant SSE, is to additionally partner with Beaufort Rosemary on further sites in […]

July 1, 2022

The City of White Plains in Westchester County, New York, a densely populated outer suburb of New York City that serves as the county seat and commercial hub of Westchester, had fostered a vision for nearly a decade. It has, […]

June 30, 2022

A $500 million program funded by the bipartisan infrastructure package aims to transform current and form mines into clean energy hubs. The Dept. of Energy (DOE) issued a Request For Information (RFI) to inform how the program will support clean […]

June 28, 2022

Intersect Power has announced a $750 million growth equity investment to accelerate the development of its clean energy and energy storage portfolio. The investment supports Intersect Power’s focus on shorter tenor offtake contracts combined with large-scale battery storage and new […]

June 20, 2022

The record figure is courtesy of the latest report by Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association (ACP). Their US Energy Storage Monitor report illustrated how the volume of US grid-scale installations was four times the volume seen in […]

June 1, 2022

Vermont doesn’t get a lot of attention outside of Bernie Sanders, but the state’s power system is worth taking a look at as it has undergone a notable shift toward renewable energy. About 80% of Vermont’s power comes from renewable […]

May 27, 2022

CPS Energy has reached agreement with Consolidated Edison Development Inc. for a 300 MW solar project to be located in Goliad County, Texas, as the first part of its FlexPOWER Bundle initiative. The FlexPOWER Bundle initiative aims to further diversify […]

February 21, 2022

In letters sent to leaders in Congress and the White House, energy storage executives called for renewed attention to incentives that were included in the stalled Build Back Better Act. The proposed standalone investment tax credit for energy storage was […]

January 25, 2022

A software programming error in a heat suppression system caused the incident that damaged Vistra Corp.’s Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California, according to investigative findings released by the company. Moss Landing Phase I (300 MW/1,200 MWh) has been […]

January 25, 2022

California’s Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) is proposing to add nearly 1,600 MW/6,400 MWh of battery energy storage across nine projects in the state. The energy storage projects would come online between 2023 and 2026, coinciding with the expected retirements […]

January 5, 2022

Appalachian Power said it wants to acquire or contract for 294 MW of solar and 204 MW of wind power over the next three years as part of its plan to meet targets set in 2020 by the Virginia Clean […]