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.

Residential solar and battery installer Sunrun has partnered with California utility PG&E to create a new virtual power plant (VPP) combining up to 30MW of new and existing home PV and battery systems for grid reliability.

The virtual power plant (VPP) network of residential solar and battery storage provider Sunrun in the US is being managed by Lunar Energy, a recently-formed firm in which Sunrun is a shareholder.

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

TAE Technologies, a company involved in developing nuclear fusion technologies, has launched a subsidiary focusing on stationary energy storage and electric transport.

Gigawatt-hours of used EV batteries are now hitting the market, and California-based Element Energy claims it has the ideal BMS platform to scale second life energy storage technology.

Battery storage has a big role to play in helping reduce renewable energy curtailment in California but the amount of shedded load will still grow in 2023, an analyst told Energy-Storage.news.