Utility-scale developer SB Energy has received a US$25 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to purchase BESS units for one of its solar and storage hybrid complexes located in Riverside County, California.
The US Energy Information Administration (US EIA) annual survey of power plant activity found that in 2024, utility-scale batteries were more commonly used for price arbitrage.
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Ryan Hledik, Principal at the Brattle Group, and Lauren Nevitt, Senior Director of Public Policy at Sunrun, on the shaky future of California’s Demand Side Grid Support distributed storage programme.
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Sergio Melendez, storage sector manager at CAISO, and Ali Karimian, market optimisation director at GridBeyond, about regulating Bid Cost Recovery Payments in the California Independent System Operator market.
After an initial rush to deploy that gave CAISO and ERCOT the lead in US BESS adoption, both markets are focused on capacity and availability, writes Amit Mathrani of Rabobank Americas.
Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has received approval to pursue market-based participation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) with the Calistoga Resiliency Centre (CRC).
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Sean McEvoy, President of North America at GridBeyond, following its optimisation of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s (GSF) Big Rock energy storage project.
Coval Infrastructure has become the latest developer to submit an application with the California Energy Commission (CEC), as part of the regulator’s opt-in certification scheme.
Evolving market dynamics in ERCOT and CAISO, the two leading US electricity markets for battery storage, call for smart optimisation strategies, write Ali Karimian and Alden Phinney of GridBeyond.
