The battery packs stolen from the Valley Center Energy Storage project in California were decommissioned and awaiting recycling, developer Terra-Gen told Energy-Storage.news.

CSI Energy Storage, part of Canadian Solar, will supply 487MWh of its battery energy storage solution Solbank to developer Aypa Power.

Energy technology firm Wärtsilä completed a 125MW/250MWh battery storage project for REV Renewables in California in time to help CAISO deal with record heatwave conditions in September 2022.

UK-listed Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has acquired its first asset in California, a 200MW/400MWh battery energy storage system project from developer Avantus.

Battery storage can enhance the operation of power plant fleets, whether wind, solar, coal, gas or almost any other technology.  

Sumitomo Electric will step up its VRFB business in the US, with plans to invest in local production and installation capabilities.

Imperial County has approved schemes to incentivise investment into lithium value chain, leveraging the region’s abundant brine resources.

The US’ installed base of large-scale battery storage systems is expected to double in megawatt terms during 2023.

Hecate Grid, an independent power producer (IPP) developing utility-scale battery storage assets, has raised US$98.9 million through lenders.

B2U Storage Solutions has further expanded its in-house second life energy storage project in California to 25MWh, an alternative approach to peers which president Freeman Hall explained to Energy-Storage.news.