Applications are invited for New York’s first competitive solicitation for a gigawatt of grid-connected energy storage facilities.

The US state of Massachusetts has taken steps to further its goal of procuring 5,000MW of energy storage by 2030.

Bills passed in Maryland and a recommendation from the Maine Governor’s Energy Office have called for increased energy storage development in the respective states.

A handful of successful applicants to Ontario’s largest-ever energy storage procurement are receiving heightened backlash from local opposition over their plans. 

Developer-operator Strata Clean Energy has broken ground on the 150MW/600MWh Justice battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Maricopa County, Arizona, US.

California community choice aggregator (CCA) utility Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) has announced a request for proposals (RFP) to meet its renewable portfolio standard.

Two electric utilities in the US state of Tennessee are launching RFPs for new solar and storage projects.

Longroad Energy has secured a power purchase agreement for one of its hybrid solar and BESS projects in California with Marin Clean Energy.

Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) and Orange and Rockland utilities (O&R) have issued a joint Request for Proposals (RFP) for bulk energy storage and dispatch rights in New York, US.

Georgia Power has secured a battery and equipment supply agreement (BESA) with Tesla for a 500MW/2,000MWh BESS portfolio made up of four projects of varying sizes under development by the investor-owned utility (IOU).