The versatility of battery storage to provide a broad range of services makes them “particularly valuable” to virtual power plants (VPPs), according to a senior advisor to the US Department of Energy (DOE).

The US’ cumulative battery storage installations reached 14.689GW at the end of Q3 2023, with Texas’ ERCOT market contributing 40% of new additions during the quarter.

Switzerland-based institutional investment group SUSI Partners has entered a development deal for two large-scale solar-plus-storage hybrid power plants in Chile.

Long-duration energy storage with renewable energy could reduce the emissions from industrial energy use by almost two-thirds, a new report has said.

A trio of projects in the Northeast US highlight the use of battery storage to aid electricity suppliers in maintaining stable networks.

The Puerto Rico Energy Bureau (PREB) has approved the deployment of 430MW of 4-hour duration BESS technology, according to reports.

Eskom, the public utility company of South Africa, has inaugurated a 20MW/100MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) aimed at mitigating the challenging situation facing the country’s grid.

US-headquartered developer Pacific Green Technologies has scouted a potential site for another large-scale battery project in Australia.

The Central Electricity Authority of India’s report identifies potential for bidirectional EV charging to serve as a grid resource.

Another look at the fortunes of a trio of long-duration energy storage (LDES) providers with non-lithium technologies.