A vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) with a 24-hour discharge duration will be built and tested in a project launched by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and VRFB technology provider Invinity Energy Systems.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that sets climate targets for the US Midwest state including a 100% Clean Energy Standard by 2040 and a 2,500MW by 2030 energy storage target.
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.
Wärtsilä Energy has launched its newest battery energy storage system (BESS) solution for utility-scale applications, claiming that it comes with enhanced safety features and improved energy density.
After a difficult couple of years which saw the trend of falling lithium battery prices temporarily reverse, a 14% drop in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack cost from 2022-2023 has been recorded by BloombergNEF.
Cost and availability of raw materials is the biggest among a number of challenges that must be addressed if US-made products will be able to meet demand for battery storage in the country.
System integrator Ameresco will build a maximum 50MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in partnership with Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the non-profit utility of the city of Santa Clara, California.
