Three companies, Energy Vault, Richardson Electronics, and Fluence, have made strategic moves to create a secure BESS equipment supply chain.

Greater deployment of renewable energy and battery storage in Illinois would help mitigate soaring costs of capacity market auctions in PJM Interconnection territory.

The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) staff has announced recommendations for the state’s first energy storage procurement.

Clean energy trade body American Clean Power Association (ACP) has released a report on energy storage market reforms for regional grid operators based on findings from the Brattle Group.

According to the Q1 2025 US Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the American Clean Power Association (ACP), energy storage installations surpassed 12GW in 2024.

Illinois State Senator Bill Cunningham and Representative Marcus Evans have introduced a bill aimed at reducing energy bills in the state and setting a 15GW energy storage deployment target.

IPP Cordelio Power has procured over 1GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment with US-headquartered energy storage system integrator and renewable energy services provider Fluence Energy.

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Illinois State Senator Bill Cunningham has passed legislation to accelerate energy storage in the Midwest US state.

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.