Vanadium flow batteries could be a workable alternative to lithium-ion for a growing number of grid-scale energy storage use cases, say Matt Harper and Joe Worthington from Invinity Energy Systems.

Investor-owned utility (IOU) Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking regulatory approval of resource adequacy (RA) contracts covering 620MW of BESS capacity across three projects.

We get the reaction from other BESS suppliers, consultancies, research firms, optimisers, investors and IPPs to BYD launching a BESS using sodium-ion battery cells, a technology many see as a potential competitor to lithium-ion.

Clean energy loan and grant activity from the US Department of Energy (DOE) and its Loan Programs Office (LPO) has soared around the election of Donald Trump, analysis by Energy-Storage.news shows, with officials reportedly keen to get deals over the line before the new administration comes in.

Hawthorne Renewable Energy has commenced permitting for a 300MW solar project co-located with a 300MW/1,200MWh BESS in Grant County, Washington.

Dallas, Texas-based independent power producer (IPP) Stellar Renewable Power has secured a Special Use Permit (SUP) to construct and operate a 1GW/4GWh BESS project co-located with a 1GW solar farm in Navajo County, Arizona.

Energy-Storage.news hears from the CEO of American Energy Storage Innovations (AESI), about its BESS technology, battery cell strategy, manufacturing in East Asia and the “shocking” price of manufacturing in the US and buying US-made cells.

“The projects in Australia are at a scale that is that is not seen anywhere else in the world,” Wärtsilä’s Andy Tang tells Energy-Storage.news

Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) is seeking regulatory approval of two Energy Storage Agreements and a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity covering 350MW of energy storage capacity across three projects.

Fluence has ‘met or exceeded’ its financial guidance metrics for its 2024 fiscal year and expects to see ‘significant growth’ in its FY2025.