New York Power Authority has started a process of adapting fossil fuel peaker plant sites to host battery storage which could replace them. 

US national energy laboratory Berkeley Lab has released its top 10 findings from a research programme into renewable projects that pair generation with energy storage, so-called hybrid projects.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has launched the construction of a research facility for exploring new energy storage technologies.

Vehicle-to-grid solutions provider Nuvve, along with a host of other groups, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US Department of Energy to accelerate the commercialisation of V2G and other vehicle-grid integration technologies.

Amazon has added 37 new renewable energy projects to its portfolio, including two solar-plus-storage plants. 

Energy-storage.news catches up with Thomas Cornell, Senior VP Energy Storage Solutions at Mitsubishi Power Americas about the company’s energy storage market activity, strategy and future plans.

Developer Open Road Renewables has proposed a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Indiana which will total 131MW/524MW of storage, the company’s President exclusively told Energy-storage.news.

Battery storage companies raised US$17 billion in corporate funding in 2021 but have raised US$12.9 billion already this year. 

News in brief from around the world in energy storage, this time from the USA.

Compressed air long-duration energy storage solution provider Hydrostor has received an investment commitment of US$25 million from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.