US utility Dominion Energy plans to build 3.5GW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) over the next 20 years according to its recently filed integrated resource plan (IRP).

Four-hour battery storage is less expensive than open-cycle gas turbines in the 43 markets in which both technologies were modelled, according to a new report from market research firm Wood Mackenzie.

ASL has set a target of 1,500MW of new firming infrastructure in NSW by the end of May 2033 and opened a consultation on the tender.

BESS developers who built business cases on assumptions of faster coal plant closures are now absorbing the consequences of that timeline slipping.

Fluence and utility LEAG have begun construction of a second battery storage project in Germany, through a partnership that is also deploying Europe’s largest BESS to date.

The State Council of China recently released the 15th Five-Year Carbon Peaking Action Plan, outlining a roadmap for carbon peaking through the Action Plan period.

Australian energy storage developer Enervest has acquired the Northern Border Battery, a 300MW battery energy storage system in development, from an unnamed Sydney-based developer.

Australian utility AGL has said adding its Liddell and Tomago BESS to its existing coal-fired generation could boost portfolio returns by 10%

Carl Coe, chief of staff at the US Department of Energy stated that the Department cares about “affordable, reliable, available energy, regardless of source.”

Developer Rye Development are partnering with Kentucky, US utility companies Louisville Gas and Electric (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities (KU), on a 266MW/2,128MWh pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project.