New York is often considered among leading US states for energy storage, based on ambition and favourable policy direction rather than action.

Adopting an “agile working method” without taking any shortcuts on safety or other standards was crucial to DNV testing and certifying a 200MW battery project in Singapore in “record time”.

The Senate of New Mexico has passed a bill, which will require investor-owned utilities to have 2GW/7GWh of energy storage online by 2034, the second such move by a US state this week.

Democrat lawmakers in Michigan have proposed a bill requiring utilities to have a combined 2,500MW of energy storage online by 2030, and are mulling a specific target for long-duration technologies.

Green Deal Industrial Plan has been welcomed by the European Association for Storage of Energy, although mentions of energy storage included in a leaked draft seen by the industry group were absent from the final publication.

New York’s recently proposed programme to promote the deployment of energy storage has been well-designed to create a robust market in the state for everything from residential to large-scale.

Australian energy ministers’ agreement to tender for renewable energy and energy storage is a “major breakthrough in federal policy”.

The hydropower subsidiary of General Electric’s renewables business has installed first pair of 300MW turbines at pumped hydro site in China.

Last coal-fired power station in New Jersey demolished, with facility’s owner committing to deploying energy storage at the site.

Australia’s budget includes nearly AU$25 billion for clean energy to ease cost of living pressures as well as help fight climate change.