Governor of Virginia, US, Glenn Youngkin, has vetoed legislation aimed at raising energy storage targets in the state.

The Texas, US state senate has passed a bill aimed at limiting renewables and encouraging natural gas production.

Peregrine Energy Solutions’ 145MW BESS project in Texas is under threat after county commissioners passed a resolution opposing the development of any new battery storage facilities.

The Virginia General Assembly has passed legislation to promote new energy storage investments by the US state’s two main utilities.

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

NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) has commenced the state permitting process for two hybrid solar and storage projects with a cumulative battery capacity of 250MW in Wisconsin, US.

Following the Trump victory in the 2024 US presidential election, Energy-Storage.news has gathered analysts’ and industry comments.  

A lack of regulation and policy regarding BESS is challenging the growth of the technology in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Significant steps have been taken in the adoption of energy storage technologies in Rhode Island and Alaska, the smallest and largest US states by land area, respectively.

Regulators have approved a plan to build three large-scale battery storage facilities by NS Power, the monopoly electric utility for the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.