Initial reaction to the European Commission’s proposal on Electricity Market Design reform has been largely positive.

European Commission wants to advance the use of energy storage in managing supply and demand of electricity, according to a leaked document.

The Reno Planning Commission, in Nevada, US, recommended approval for a conditional-use permit for the 200MW Trego Grid energy storage project on 4 March.

We hear about the progress made and challenges ahead at the policy level from Jacopo Tosoni of the trade association Energy Storage Europe.

In this second part of our interview with Wood Mackenzie energy storage analysts, we look at risk factors and mitigation across the European and US markets.

European Union countries have made limited progress on energy storage deployment and electricity network flexibility recommendations.

Sam Markham of Fluence Australia believes grid-forming BESS are essential to deliver a safe, secure and affordable decarbonised power system.

The costs of certain long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies are expected to decline by around 37% on average by 2030, according to a new study.

There is a “healthy pipeline of projects in development” across Europe’s energy storage sector, but the technologies are as yet “significantly underutilised” below their potential.