A fire protection and emergency services provider in California, US, has introduced a mandatory risk mitigation payment system for solar PV and energy storage developers.

US battery storage system integrator Powin has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy at a court in New Jersey.

Details on the wind-down of US-based BESS firm American Energy Storage Innovations (AESI) have come out, while battery recycler Li-Cycle has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy and been ordered to cease stock market trading.

China continues to dominate BESS deployments globally with 4.3GW/11.2GWh of deployments in May, including a 1GWh flow battery system.

US energy storage markets could see a “last-minute rush” followed by plummeting installation numbers if tax credit incentives are cut.

India Energy Storage Alliance president Debmalya Sen takes a comprehensive look at national and regional efforts to promote and deploy much-needed energy storage capacity.

Ascend Analytics recently released its ERCOT Market Report, Release 5.2, containing power market forecasts from the company.

Developers Acacia, Green Tower and Eren Industries have partnered to develop and build 500MW of standalone BESS in France.

Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure has bought a minority stake in large-scale BESS projects from independent power producer (IPP) Enfinity Global.

Utility and independent power producer (IPP) Engie has started commercial operations of its 48MW/264MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) Capricornio project in the northern region of Antofagasta, Chile.