The rhetoric around new and increased trade barriers between the US and China affecting batteries, battery materials and BESS has ramped up in the past few weeks, and we hear from a lawyer and a political analyst.

Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) and Orange and Rockland utilities (O&R) have issued a joint Request for Proposals (RFP) for bulk energy storage and dispatch rights in New York, US.

Idaho Power is seeking approval from the state regulator to deploy an additional 100MW of BESS to plug the gap left within its portfolio following the cancellation of a deal with IPP Savion. 

Valentin Lorscheid and Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies of ACCURE Battery Intelligence propose ways in which BESS warranties can be reformed as the industry matures.

Dan Finn-Foley of Clean Energy Associates looks at the road ahead for the US battery storage industry in the first of a series of regular, exclusive Guest Blogs for Energy-Storage.news.

The Maine Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) recommended that the Maine Public Utilities Commission procure up to 200MW of energy storage in the state.

An “unbelievable appetite for clean energy” is pushing the developer of Gemini, the US’s largest co-located solar-plus-storage power plant, to pursue opportunities of a similar scale.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is investing US$28.7 million into grid resilience projects for Florida.

Developer-operator Aypa Power has closed a US$190 million financing for the 200MW/400MWh Bypass BESS project.

Battery storage warranties are complex and inflexible and can add ‘prohibitive’ costs and risks for some asset owners, according to ACCURE Battery Intelligence.