Drew Bandhauer of Leeward Renewable Energy examines how changes in lithium-ion battery chemistries help manage fire safety risk and how industry standards are evolving in step with technological advances.

FlexGen “felt compelled to step up” and ensure the continuity of operation of the more than 11GWh of assets deployed by acquisition target Powin.

Fluence expects to hit the lower end of its previously issued revenue guidance for the 2025 financial year due to delays in ramping up at US production sites.

Massachusetts’s electric distribution companies (EDCs) and the state’s Department of Energy Resources (DOER) have launched a request for proposals (RFP) for approximately 1,500MW of mid-duration energy storage systems.

A 535MW fleet of aggregated household battery storage systems, including Tesla Powerwalls, effectively reduced net load on the California grid in a recent test event.  

Caterpillar has agreed to deploy a CHP plant featuring more than a gigawatt-hour of batteries for a new data centre complex in Utah, US.

Optimisation platform provider Ascend Analytics and EPC firm SolarMax Technologies have announced battery storage projects by clients and partners in Texas’ ERCOT market.

Arevon’s Eland Solar-plus-Storage Center in Los Angeles, California, is complete, comprising 758MW of solar and 1,200MWh battery storage.

The annual capacity of battery cell manufacturing for ESS in the US looks set to reach 50GWh by the end of next year, based on recent company announcements.

In a move that might offer encouraging signs for the deployment of energy storage in the US Midwest, officials in Nebraska’s capital city, Lincoln, have recommended updates to zoning laws to allow large-scale battery storage.