Legislation could soon be introduced in the US state of Illinois that aims to promote energy storage on the grid.

Vistra Energy plans to build battery storage in place of retiring fossil fuel plants handed boost by FERC.

Vanadium redox flow battery company CellCube and power electronics company G&W Electric have launched a microgrid solution for the US market, starting with a project at the latter’s HQ in Illinois, US.

Companies building battery energy storage facilities at former coal power plant sites in Illinois will get US$280.5 million in grants.

Vistra Energy has welcomed the enactment of clean energy policies in Illinois which the power generation company said will support 300MW of solar and 150MW of battery storage to be built at nine of its coal plant sites. 

The Senate of Illinois has passed legislation that will commit the US state to reaching 50% renewables by 2040 and 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045.

This edition of news in brief from around the world in energy storage focuses on small-scale but potentially significant deployments. 

Construction has begun on more than a gigawatt of large-scale renewable energy projects with battery storage attached in Texas, by Enel Green Power North America, the regional renewable and clean energy arm of European utility Enel.

US power and energy infrastructure developer, investor and operator LS Power has bought up GI Energy, a provider of clean energy solutions for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers with projects spanning the east and west coasts.