Jennifer Downing, senior advisor to the Loan Programs Office at the US Department of Energy (DOE) and author of a recent report into virtual power plant technology, speaks to Energy-Storage.news.

Energy storage system and services firm Stem Inc grew revenues to US$93 million in the second quarter of 2023, and reduced its EBITDA loss by 15% to US$8.5 milllion.

Ontario and Alberta account for the bulk of Canada’s installed, planned and proposed large-scale energy storage today. The rest of the country can lean on the experiences and lessons learned, Andy Colthorpe hears from developers and expert voices.

Agilitas Energy, a developer of distributed and smaller utility-scale solar PV and battery storage projects in the US, has entered the Texas ERCOT market.

TotalEnergies will deploy a solar PV and battery storage project at Holcim’s Portland Cement plant in Colorado.

A flurry of activity observed in C&I energy storage, hinting that industry players spy potential in underperforming market segment.

Peak Power, an Ontario-based C&I-focused energy storage and software firm, has secured a US$200 million financing agreement with Madison Energy Investments (MEI).

California’s net metering successor is controversial, but residential battery storage providers Neovolta and Sonnen have greeted it warmly.

Finland and California-based second life energy storage firms Cactos and Smartville Inc have raised nearly US$10 million to commercialise systems using repurposed Tesla EV batteries – we talk to both company founders.

Battery storage in homes and at businesses contributed to helping the CAISO grid in California afloat during recent difficulties.