Europe is no longer betting on second-life repurposing of EV batteries for stationary BESS applications, and that is not a bad thing, argues David Oudsandji, CEO of Voltfang.

A US Senate bill proposing to speed up permitting for energy projects has received a mixed response from clean energy industry and advocacy groups.

At last week’s Battery & Energy Tech Expo in Barcelona, Spain, panellists highlighted some of the challenges that companies are facing for a faster deployment of BESS.

This edition of news in brief brings you BESS news from the UK market featuring Field, Eelpower and EDF, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.

A US court has upheld a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) plan to speed up the permitting process for connecting energy projects to the grid.

Australian utility AGL Energy has submitted a 100MWh BESS in New South Wales for federal environmental assessment under the EPBC Act.

Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (SENER) has launched a new call for renewable power projects including generating and energy storage assets.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved a 400MW/3,200MWh grid-scale battery storage project through the state planning agency’s Opt-In Certification Program.

Renewables and battery storage are quick and cheap to deploy for satisfying data centre power demand, writes Jason Kaminsky of kWh Analytics.

Energy-Storage.news speaks to Laurence Copson, energy storage specialist (US markets & policy), at BESS and EV solutions firm Zenobē Energy, ahead of the upcoming Energy Storage Summit USA.