A solicitation for large-scale energy storage could be hosted in about a year’s time as part of the push towards New York achieving its target of deploying 6GW of energy storage on the grid by 2030.

Qcells has followed up the start of construction on its first-ever standalone BESS project with the announcement of three more projects.

US$16.6 million funding has been committed for five long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in New York by the US state’s government.

New York consortium working to accelerate battery tech and manufacturing awarded US$63.7 million through the US Department of Commerce.

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.