Greece has doubled its 2030 target for energy storage deployment to 3GW as it aims for a renewable electricity generation proportion of 70%.

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer unveiled a roadmap to achieving environmental goals, including energy storage deployment targets.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved new projects by the state’s three investor-owned utilities, including nine battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities proposed by PG&E totalling 1.6GW/6.4GWh.

New York Power Authority has started a process of adapting fossil fuel peaker plant sites to host battery storage which could replace them. 

US national energy laboratory Berkeley Lab has released its top 10 findings from a research programme into renewable projects that pair generation with energy storage, so-called hybrid projects.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has launched the construction of a research facility for exploring new energy storage technologies.

Vehicle-to-grid solutions provider Nuvve, along with a host of other groups, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US Department of Energy to accelerate the commercialisation of V2G and other vehicle-grid integration technologies.

Construction work has started on a 30MWh pumped hydro storage project in Western Australia.

A region of southern California desert has the potential to become the hub of a “world-class lithium industry”.

President Joe Biden’s recent invocation of the Defense Production Act of 1950 could help solve supply chain issues, but only over the longer term.