Europe’s telecommunications sector has the potential to deploy 15GWh of distributed energy storage (DES), halving its energy costs and helping the energy transition, Finnish telecoms firm Elisa said discussing its new DES solution with Energy-Storage.news.

Energy-Storage.news speaks with Jeff Bishop, CEO of Key Capture Energy about Michigan’s new energy storage target and why the Midwest could be the US’ biggest BESS market-in-waiting.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with one of the authors of a report into how communities can evaluate energy storage project proposals.

Work has begun on a 600MW/1,600MWh BESS by the State Electricity Commission (SEC), an entity owned by the Australian state of Victoria.

Jennifer Downing, senior advisor to the Loan Programs Office at the US Department of Energy (DOE) and author of a recent report into virtual power plant technology, speaks to Energy-Storage.news.

Interest rate rises and longer development timelines have driven a fall in the value of early-stage projects in the US clean energy and energy storage market and a flurry of sell-offs, developer-operator Agilitas Energy told Energy-Storage.news.

Changing electricity market dynamics and regulations in the US are increasing the need for AI-driven software solutions, the CEO of Stem Inc told Energy-Storage.news after a recent 10GWh partnership with developer SB Energy.

Energy-Storage.news hears how DEPCOM believes offering combined EPC as well as O&M services is a compelling proposition.

We caught up with Birger Steen, CEO of lithium-ion gigafactory company Freyr Battery, about its recent decision to minimise European investments in light of the Inflation Reduction Act, discussing a potential policy response and its approach to ESS and using conventional technologies.