The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has launched a US$280 million initiative to help low-income residents of the state install battery storage and solar panel systems.

Zinc hybrid cathode battery and storage system maker Eos has secured an order with Faraday Microgrids to deploy a 3MW/15MWh system on tribal land in California, US.

Developer Leeward Renewable Energy’s (LRE) 126MW/504MWh Antelope Valley battery energy storage system (BESS), located in Kern County, California, has reached commercial operations.

News from Texas and California as OCI Energy signs a memorandum of understanding with LG Energy Solutions, Ormat Technologies signs a US$62 million hybrid tax equity for Texas and California BESS projects.

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) have deemed Q1 2025 the second-best quarter on record for large-scale BESS investment in Australia.

Ampyr Australia and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners are seeking buyers for 960MWh and 1,000MWh BESS projects in Australia.

The US state of Massachusetts has taken steps to further its goal of procuring 5,000MW of energy storage by 2030.

ESN Premium speaks with Michael Bennett, chief transformation officer at Powin, about battery management and state-of-charge.

According to market intelligence firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA), 72% of battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing defects were at the system level.

The Queensland government has continued its hard stance on renewables and energy storage by revoking permission to build a 450MW wind-plus-storage facility.