Australia’s AGL Energy has acquired Tesla’s South Australia Virtual Power Plant with plans to expand the initiative.

PNM is seeking regulatory approval of offtake agreements associated with three hybrid battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.

With further penetration of solar and wind, grid-forming technologies will become an inevitable choice for the global power system.

Gamuda has partnered with landowners for a 1.2GW renewable energy and energy storage portfolio in Tasmania, Australia, which includes up to 600MW of energy storage capacity.

Idaho Power’s updated integrated resource plan adds more solar, wind and energy storage than gas generation, while Public Service Company of New Mexico gets 450MW of solar and storage added to its resource application.

OptiGrid has partnered with Hepburn Energy to optimise a BESS at the 4.1MW Hepburn Wind Project in Victoria, Australia, using AI.

Utility company Ameren Missouri has filed an application with the Missouri public service commission (PSC) to construct a natural gas and battery storage facility in the state.

Ex-Tesla CTO’s battery recycling and materials company Redwood Materials has launched a new business unit to repurpose second-life EV batteries for energy storage.

The Energy Security Corporation has officially launched in New South Wales, Australia, with an initial funding allocation of AU$1 billion.

As US Senators vote on the tax reconciliation bill, experts Jessica Dunn of Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and Tonja L. Wicks of esVolta discuss its potential impact.