A hybrid power project combining thermal engines with battery storage nearing its completion after delays caused deadlines to be extended.

Scale Microgrids Solutions will build a renewables microgrid for a Native American tribe in California, announcing the new project a few weeks after securing a US$225 million debt facility.

New York is often considered among leading US states for energy storage, based on ambition and favourable policy direction rather than action.

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) may be in something of a ‘dot com’ moment, but grid operators cannot afford the ‘hiccup’ of any bubble bursting, a senior ISO manager said at Energy Storage Summit USA.

Duke Energy’s 11MW/11MWh battery storage project, despite modest size, is thought to be the largest project of its type in North Carolina.

Canada will introduce tax credit incentives and invest in developing and manufacturing solar PV, energy storage and other renewable energy technologies in an Inflation Reduction Act-style scheme.

Fluence has launched a battery storage solution aimed at the market for energy storage as a transmission asset, called ‘Ultrastack’.

Wärtsilä’s battery energy storage system (BESS) product Gridsolv Quantum has achieved the “best possible outcome” in UL9540A testing.

Texas continues to be a hotbed for energy storage activity, as CATL announces major supply deal and first project to get ITC comes online.

Agilitas Energy, a developer of distributed and smaller utility-scale solar PV and battery storage projects in the US, has entered the Texas ERCOT market.