Developer and IPP Elevate Renewables will deploy a grid-forming BESS at a fossil fuel peaker plant in Connecticut, US, with US$27.5 million from the Department of Energy (DOE).

Installed battery storage capacity in California has grown from just 500MW in 2018 to more than 13,300MW at the latest count.

US utility Dominion Energy Virginia has outlined options for meeting future power demand, including an additional 12GW of PV and 4.5GW of battery storage.

Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto has signed a decree allowing Italy to proceed with its energy storage capacity market auction, known as MACSE, in the first half of 2025.

The German Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded 587MW of solar-plus-storage in its latest Innovation Tender.

Penny Sharpe, the New South Wales energy minister, has announced plans to legislate a new long-duration energy storage (LDES) target for the Australian state of 28GWh by 2034.

We take a look at the UK government’s latest proposal for its long-duration energy storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme, how it’s different from the initial one, and get the views of LDES technology firm RheEnergise.

Three US-based independent power producers (IPPs) are currently seeking permission from the Minnesota PUC to construct new renewable energy facilities incorporating battery storage.

A lack of regulation and policy regarding BESS is challenging the growth of the technology in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The government of South Africa has signed commercial close agreements for two large-scale BESS projects totalling 720MWh, allowing project backers Scatec and a consortium of CIP and EDF to proceed with construction.