AI data centre battery storage announcements on both sides of the Atlantic explore the tapping of grid-balancing revenues and distributed computing.

Legislation to create an incentive programme for behind-the-meter (BTM) energy storage in New Jersey has been advanced by the US state’s Senate Environment and Energy Committee.  

Virtual power plant (VPP) operator and distributed energy resource (DER) platform Voltus and tech giant Google have signed a three-year 100MW agreement for the PJM region in the US.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Pat Wood III, co-chair at Pew Charitable Trusts about the company’s DER Policy Playbook

Power firm RWE has partnered with distributed battery storage firm Polarium for a battery-based virtual power plant (VPP) in Germany.

Hamilton Locke partner Matt Baumgurtel warns of a seismic shift as distributed energy resources with “zero marginal cost” emerge.

Residential energy storage startup Base Power is collaborating with utility Denton County Electric Cooperative (CoServ) to deploy 100MW of residential energy storage across North Texas, US.

Australia’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program has officially surpassed 250,000 installations, delivering 6.3GWh of distributed energy storage.

The New Orleans, Louisiana, US City Council voted unanimously to approve a US$28 million virtual power plant (VPP) programme, reportedly, the first distributed energy resource (DER) programme in the city.

Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with John Farrell, Co-Director of The Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR), on rising utility costs and the role energy storage can play.