Developer LC energy has won an irrevocable permit for a 500MW/2,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Netherlands, one of the largest in the country to do so.

A team of technical staff working for the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC) has given its recommendation to approve a request from Boise, ID-headquartered utility Idaho Power to develop a 150MW standalone BESS at its Boise Bench substation located in Ada County, Idaho. 

IPP Arevon has been given the green light for the construction and operation of a standalone 200MW/800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Los Angeles County, California through the California Environmental Equality Act (CEQA) review process. 

Brookfield Renewable US has entered the permitting process for a hybrid solar and BESS facility which would be among the biggest in the world to date in terms of battery capacity.

IPP Tenska has submitted an application with the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council for the construction and operation of a 200MW/800MWh standalone BESS.

Developer and IPP NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) is proposing to construct an up to 3GW standalone BESS across 260 acres of privately-owned land in Fresno County, California. 

The process of developing energy storage projects in Germany is about to get longer and there is a risk it grinds to a halt as the market matures and regulations are made, developer BayWa r.e. told Energy-Storage.news.

The industry still has a lot of work to do on urban project development and navigating local permitting challenges, a senior executive of US developer-IPP RWE Clean Energy told Energy-Storage.news.

Development of grid-scale battery storage has been halted in Jefferson County, Tennessee, after a ruling by County Commissioners.

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