In one of his final acts before leaving office, Washington governor Jay Inslee gave the green light for Innergex’s Wautoma Solar and Storage project.

Developers looking to build new BESS facilities in Canada’s capital will have to adhere to stricter regulations, following the approval of amendments to the city’s planning and zoning laws by Ottawa’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee during a recent meeting (23 January).

Developer ESA Solar has announced successful permitting of the Salzburg Battery Storage Project, a 150MW/600MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) in Midland Township, Michigan, US.

Officials in Greene County, North Carolina will delay issuing a special use permit for the construction of a hybrid solar and BESS facility proposed by NextEra Energy Resources.

NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) has commenced the state permitting process for two hybrid solar and storage projects with a cumulative battery capacity of 250MW in Wisconsin, US.

Supervisors in the northern Iowa county of Cerro Gordo have passed an ordinance prohibiting the installation of new utility-scale solar, wind and BESS facilities located on land zoned for agricultural use. 

Residents in Van Zandt County, Texas, have filed a lawsuit seeking damages and an injunction over the construction of a lithium-ion BESS.

Eolian has pulled plans for a 100MW/400MWh standalone BESS facility that was proposed for the Town of Catskill in Greene County, New York, following a drawn-out permitting process with the local planning authority.

The Planning and Development Services Department at California’s Imperial County has prepared initial environmental assessment documents for a 800MW hybrid solar and BESS facility proposed by developer RAI Energy. 

Vanadium flow batteries could be a workable alternative to lithium-ion for a growing number of grid-scale energy storage use cases, say Matt Harper and Joe Worthington from Invinity Energy Systems.