Energy-Storage.news speaks with Jeff Bishop, CEO of Key Capture Energy about Michigan’s new energy storage target and why the Midwest could be the US’ biggest BESS market-in-waiting.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that sets climate targets for the US Midwest state including a 100% Clean Energy Standard by 2040 and a 2,500MW by 2030 energy storage target.

Black Mountain Energy Storage has won approval for a battery storage project which will be the biggest in the US state of Wisconsin so far.

Developer Redeux Energy Partners has enlisted Marathon Capital to sell a solar and storage portfolio with 160MW/640MWh of battery storage in the MISO and SERC grid territories. 

The US state of Minnesota has passed a package of incentives for solar, energy storage, microgrids and energy resiliency totalling US$80 million.

A senior executive from the US’ second-largest grid operator MISO sat down with Energy-Storage.news to discuss the challenges that come with a soaring energy storage market.

Democrat lawmakers in Michigan have proposed a bill requiring utilities to have a combined 2,500MW of energy storage online by 2030, and are mulling a specific target for long-duration technologies.

Aypa Power has bought two “late-stage development” battery storage projects in Indiana, US, from Blue Steel Power.

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