A trio of projects using electric vehicle (EV) batteries and charging infrastructure to support the grid in California have been announced this week.

California Energy Commission approved funding for solar-plus-storage microgrid project which will include Invinity’s largest flow battery to date.

Global battery energy storage system integrator Fluence is using its intelligent bidding software solution to optimise the trading activity of a 508MWh system it recently completed for AES in California.

Form Energy has raised US$450 million from investors including ArcellorMittal, bringing the startup’s total investment to US$800 million.

sonnen and Sunnova’s new business models aim to turn residential and distributed battery storage into key components of energy networks.

NextEra’s Energy’s 485MW solar PV co-located plant has reached full commercial operation in Riverside County, California.

A flow battery supply deal will accelerate a California municipal utility’s decarbonisation while derisking that process.

Power conversion technology provider Ampt has received an order for its String Optimizers to power a large solar-plus-storage plant with an energy capacity of 600MWh in California.

A fire at PG&E’s Tesla-supplied Elkhorn Battery energy storage system at Moss Landing is considered fully controlled and road closures and shelter-in-place advisories have been lifted.

California Energy Storage Alliance policy director Jin Noh talks about the state’s leading position in the industry and challenges ahead.