Californian investor-owned utility PG&E has commissioned the 182.5MW/730MWh battery energy storage system supplied by Tesla at its Moss Landing substation.

Energy storage poised for “rapid growth” in US, with between 130GW to 680GW diurnal storage capable of integrating 80% share of renewables by 2050.

President Joe Biden’s recent invocation of the Defense Production Act of 1950 could help solve supply chain issues, but only over the longer term. 

Facilities aimed at making products for the BESS industry announced by Turkey-headquartered Kontrolmatik and Ireland-headquartered Eaton.

Battery energy storage is load shifting up to 6GWh a day on the California ISO (CAISO) grid, storage sector manager Gabe Murtaugh told Energy-storage.news, as the operator considers a market design change linked to batteries’ state of charge (SoC).

Tesla’s Megapack as well as the company’s solar PV will power a Bitcoin mining facility in a proof of concept (POC) project in the US.

Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission has approved Invenergy 300MW solar farm, to be paired with a 165MW battery energy storage system.

Global system integrator Fluence has acquired AI-enabled, renewable energy software-as-a-service provider Nispera, tripling its digital portfolio of assets contracted or managed since February to 15GW.

Two utility companies in Arizona are seeking ‘firm capacity’ resources in their newest procurement rounds.

Deadline for commissioning large-scale battery storage for California utility Southern California Edison might be missed, Ameresco has said.