Despite new state incentives for energy storage in New York, some independent power producers (IPP) are still struggling to make progress in the face of local opposition, permitting hurdles and moratoriums.

The Q2 2025 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download for subscribers of ESN Premium.

Standalone BESS proposal from Engie has reached a permitting milestone in the California Energy Commission’s Opt-In Certification Program.

Swift Current Energy has encountered a major stumbling block in developing a standalone BESS in Virginia.

With Riverhead in Suffolk County, New York, dropping plans for a moratorium, Nala Renewables has advanced a standalone BESS proposal.

A handful of successful applicants to Ontario’s largest-ever energy storage procurement are receiving heightened backlash from local opposition over their plans. 

Brian Cashion at Firetrace International on community engagement and local support, essential to battery storage deployment.

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.

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.

Equinor-owned East Point Energy has officially withdrawn plans to construct a 116MW standalone BESS in New York State.