The US Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) has included energy storage into its market portfolio for the first time.

Vistra Energy will have more than 1,213MW of battery storage in operation in its portfolio by 2026, the US power generation company has claimed.

The first 500MWh of SMC Global Power’s battery storage portfolio has been installed.

As the role of coal declines and ends in Australia’s NEM, huge growth in dispatchable energy storage capacity will be needed in the mix.

Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia has been fined for breaching National Electricity Rules over a three month period in 2019.  

Australia’s Clean Energy Council calls for an energy storage target, while arguing that a plans for a capacity mechanism should be scrapped.

Queensland’s state government has identified batteries as the fastest way to add energy storage to the electricity network.

New South Wales’s single biggest ever investment in infrastructure will go towards enabling renewable energy additions across its networks.

Companies building battery energy storage facilities at former coal power plant sites in Illinois will get US$280.5 million in grants.

How a deployment target scheme could transform the economics of storage in Australia and help the government fulfil its promises to voters.