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.

Maldives is seeking input on flow battery-based energy storage systems for two of the country’s 1,192 islands.

California-based Element Energy has raised US$111 million of equity and debt for its proprietary battery management system (BMS) for first and second life battery storage.

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

Oberon solar and storage project has 679MWp solar PV capacity and a co-located 250MW/1GWh battery storage facility.

Volvo Group has acquired the US battery pack company Proterra out of bankruptcy, while its power solutions arm Volvo Penta is providing its BESS sub-system for EV charging infrastructure solutions.

Second life energy storage firm B2U has put its second major project into commercial operation, a 3MW/12MWh system made up of Honda Clarity EV batteries.

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.