Bringing you the thoughts of leaders from across the industry in our series of end-of-year blogs.

Ahead of a merger between the Energy Storage Association and American Clean Power Association, Energy-Storage.news speaks to the leaders of both.

Energy-Storage.news spoke to FlexGen CEO Kelcy Pegler about the company’s deal to provide battery energy storage technology and software for a 2,150MWh three-site project in southern California. 

A US$25 million virtual power plant (VPP) programme has been launched in Perth, Western Australia, while in the US, technology providers Enphase, Sunverge and LG have announced their involvement in VPPs in Arizona and California. 

Three recent interesting steps forward on lithium battery sustainability, a growing concern and area of interest for the clean energy sector. 

Now that the infrastructure deal finally looks to be in the bag, what does it really mean and what does the energy storage industry think about it? Energy-Storage.news gathered some views. 

Honeywell has created a flow battery which it will deploy in pilot projects of increasing size starting next year. Honeywell Sustainable Technology Solutions (Honeywell STS) vice president and general manager Ben Owens spoke with Energy-Storage.news about it.

Whether connected to a main electricity grid or not, commercial and industrial (C&I) microgrids are increasingly able to offer resilient and independent power supply and — perhaps more importantly — electricity cost reductions.

GridBeyond is to optimise Greencoat Renewables’s first energy storage project. This 10.8MW front-of-the-meter battery is co-located with the Killala Community Wind Farm in Tawnaghmore Upper, Ireland and is expected to be online early next year.

In an interview with Energy-Storage.news, Enel X Battery Energy Storage solutions chief David J.A. Post explains how energy storage for C&I customers can have the maximum economical and ecological impact.