A US$10.5 billion programme to “strengthen grid resilience and reliability” across the US includes funding for microgrids and other projects that will integrate battery storage technologies.

Green Mountain Power (GMP), a utility in the US state of Vermont, has requested approval on US$30 million in funding to expand a home battery energy storage scheme.

Legislation that requires battery storage facilities to put in place safety and communication protocols has been signed into law.

The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) energy storage market is in its infancy but has the potential to leapfrog more developed markets with Poland in a leading position, said executives from Fluence.

Nova Scotia’s clean energy plan would see the Atlantic Canadian province deploy between 300MW and 400MW of battery storage by 2030.

Bulgaria is launching a public consultation into a grant auction scheme for renewable energy and up to 350MW of energy storage facilities.

The Australian government has granted approvals to the ‘Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub’ (MREH), a 1,200MW / 2.4GWh two-hour duration battery energy storage system (BESS) in the state of Victoria.

The transferability provisions under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the US “will unlock billions” in capital for clean energy, said financing firm Evergrow as it claimed the first tax credit transfer transaction.

Audrius Baranauskas, head of innovation at Lithuanian TSO Litgrid, talked Energy-Storage.news through its 200MW storage-as-transmission BESS units, deployed by system integrator Fluence.

Jigar Shah, the clean energy industry veteran leading the US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, speaks with Energy-Storage.news.