Proposals for two large-scale battery storage facilities have been put before decisionmakers on New York’s Long Island.

Key Capture Energy is approaching the final stages of construction of a battery storage system in New York that will inform how the developer approaches much bigger projects in the state.

The first battery energy storage system (BESS) in New York City using Tesla Megapacks, a 12MWh system in the Bronx by NineDot, has been inaugurated.

Energy asset developer Rise Light & Power will redevelop its 2,480MW Ravenswood Generating Station – New York City’s biggest power plant – as a new renewable energy hub including on-site energy storage.

ArcLight views its portfolio of existing thermal power plant assets as “excellent potential locations for battery projects”.

Approval has been granted for construction of a large-scale BESS at the site of an existing fossil fuel power plant in New York.

There could be nearly 13GW of energy storage on the grid in New York by 2052, according to the state’s grid operator NYISO.

Solar and storage EPC and O&M provider Borrego has completed the construction of 15 solar-plus-storage projects across New York and Massachusetts totalling 169MWh, for AES Corporation.

New York has awarded 22 solar PV projects totalling 2.4GW of power, including six co-located sites with a combined 159MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Community solar owner-operator Summit Ridge has secured US$15 million in project financing for two battery energy storage system projects in New York City, US.