With a handful of leading regions deploying grid-scale storage at a faster rate than ever, what sort of impact are these additions having so far on the problems they are intended to solve?

System integrator Powin Energy has been chosen by Idaho Power to supply 120MW/524MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, the state’s first utility-scale storage.

NTPC has launched a battery storage tender, just a few days after the Solar Energy Corporation of India began a similar solicitation process.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has formally launched a US$3.16 billion grant funding opportunity for its domestic battery supply chain, the latest in a series of moves to support the sector.

A solar-plus-storage power plant, deployed at the site of an opencast lignite mine in Germany, is almost ready to go into action.

The US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office has committed US$504 million to a 300GWh hydrogen storage project in Utah and another US$107 million to a graphite facility in Louisiana.

Peaker plant in Queensland which would have relied on 1,000MW of gas generation will instead combine turbines and batteries.

Puerto Rico’s energy regulator released draft Request for Proposals for a minimum of 500MW of renewables and 250MW of energy storage.

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.