Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) is seeking regulatory approval of two Energy Storage Agreements and a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity covering 350MW of energy storage capacity across three projects.

Global decarbonisation targets are impossible without increasing the pace of long-duration energy storage (LDES) adoption 50 times over by 2040, according to the LDES Council.

Installed battery storage capacity in California has grown from just 500MW in 2018 to more than 13,300MW at the latest count.

US utility Dominion Energy Virginia has outlined options for meeting future power demand, including an additional 12GW of PV and 4.5GW of battery storage.

Three utilities in Wisconsin are seeking regulatory approval to acquire two solar and storage hybrid projects from Blackstone portfolio company Invenergy as part of a wider US$1.92 billion investment.

Utility Puget Sound Energy has signed contracts for a solar PV project developed by Qcells and a standalone battery storage project from Brightnight and Cordelio Power in Washington, US.

The government of Queensland has committed to investing in a factory in the Australian state that will make flow batteries based on iron electrolyte technology.

Illinois can address its resource adequacy shortfall by replacing the US state’s retiring fossil fuel plants with 2,972MW of energy storage, and without significant transmission upgrades.

The US Department of Energy has issued a loan of up to US$861.3 million to support 200MW solar PV and 285MW/1,140MWh BESS in Puerto Rico.

Powin will supply 880MWh of its BESS technology for a project developed by US utility DTE Energy in Michigan, US.