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Firetrace's Brian Cashion speaking at an industry event. Image: Firetrace International

Local opposition, not the new administration, is holding back US energy storage

April 22, 2025
Brian Cashion at Firetrace International on community engagement and local support, essential to battery storage deployment.
SolRiver Capital entered a development partnership with Korsail Energy in 2022, focusing on 'community-oriented clean energy systems that assist the local grid'. Image: SolRiver Capital.
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Officials in Colorado’s Alamosa County deny permit for joint venture’s 320MWh solar hybrid

April 16, 2025
Colorado-based IPP Korsail Energy has been dealt a blow in its quest to develop a 320MWh hybrid solar-BESS project in the Centennial State.
Rendering of an aerial view of the proposed Boise Bench Substation battery storage project. Image: Idaho Power.
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Idaho Power gets permit for 200MW/800MWh BESS project after Boise officials deny appeal

April 10, 2025
Idaho Power has overcome a huge hurdle facing its plan to deploy a 200MW/800MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the City of Boise by the end of next year.
Dry Bridge, a 20MW/80MWh BESS project which East Point Energy developed and brought into operation in 2023, on behalf of utility Dominion Energy which bought the project two years prior to that and before Equinor's acquisition of the developer. Image: East Point Energy.
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East Point withdraws 116MW BESS project in Upstate New York after town bans utility-scale storage

April 2, 2025
Equinor-owned East Point Energy has officially withdrawn plans to construct a 116MW standalone BESS in New York State.
'The developer conundrum - challenges to operations' panel at Energy Storage Summit Australia 2025 in Sydney with (L-R) moderator Simon Mason, Everoze, Killian Wentrup, Acen Energy, Daphne Yao, Valent Energy and Tom Best, Eku Energy. Image: Solar Media

‘There’s been a real land grab in the NEM’: Australia’s BESS developers talk challenges

March 28, 2025
Suitable energy storage project sites are quickly being snapped up in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM), with a premium on grid location.  
Gillespie County Courthouse in Fredericksburg, Texas. Image: Wikimedia/Travis K. Witt.
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Texas county passes resolution opposing BESS, House of Representatives considers regulations

March 26, 2025
Peregrine Energy Solutions’ 145MW BESS project in Texas is under threat after county commissioners passed a resolution opposing the development of any new battery storage facilities.
Jupiter Power's Crossett 200MW/200MWh BESS project in Texas, which went into commercial operation in 2022. Image: Jupiter Power
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Jupiter Power faces mounting opposition over construction of 800MWh BESS in Massachusetts

March 11, 2025
Jupiter Power’s proposal to construct a standalone BESS in Westfield, Massachusetts is facing mounting opposition from residents and local officials.
Project plan drawing as included in BrightNight's NOI submission. Image: BrightNight / EFSC
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BrightNight kicks off permitting for 4GWh BESS and solar project in Wasco County, Oregon

February 6, 2025
BrightNight has kicked off the permitting process for one of its hybrid solar and BESS projects located in Wasco County, Oregon.
Jay Inslee, pictured in 2017 at a UN climate conference in Germany. Image: Flickr / Governor Jay Inslee
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Departing Washington governor Inslee approves solar-storage project; new bill proposed giving local authorities more say on approvals

January 30, 2025
In one of his final acts before leaving office, Washington governor Jay Inslee gave the green light for Innergex’s Wautoma Solar and Storage project.
LG Energy Solution TR1300 NMC battery racks inside MOSS300, pictured in 2020. Image: LG Energy Solution.

Fire at Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility: What we know so far

January 24, 2025
Known facts and expert opinion on last week’s fire incident at Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California.

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