Scale Microgrids Solutions will build a renewables microgrid for a Native American tribe in California, announcing the new project a few weeks after securing a US$225 million debt facility.
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 Energy Storage Summit USA.
Adapting transmission infrastructure and accurately valuing energy storage are the major challenges to deployments in the US today, said panellists on the Keynote discussion at Energy Storage Summit USA today.
Cameron Murray talks to industry experts about the physical security risks to battery storage sites, and how the security and insurance aspects of operating BESS sites are evolving.
The decision by the new owners of UK gigafactory startup Britishvolt to pivot its initial focus towards energy storage rather than EVs has pros and cons, a senior industry consultant told Energy-Storage.news
The second high-profile battery storage failure due to a faulty sprinkler system could mark the beginnings of exclusions from insurance policies if certain providers develop a negative track record, a source said.
Canadian Solar doubled its energy storage shipments to 1.79GWh in 2022 although expects significant lower growth in 2023 due to transitioning its utility-scale product.
Vertically integrated energy storage company Kore Power is deploying a 41.2MWh BESS for a microgrid in Arkansas, US, with more downstream projects coming soon, president Jay Bellow told Energy-Storage.news.
The European Commission has approved a €103 million (US$125 million) package of direct grants from the government in Romania for battery storage projects.
Developer Spearmint Energy has acquired a portfolio of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totalling 900MW in the ERCOT, Texas market, set to come online in 2025.
