A large offshore wind project proposal in New Jersey, US, by Leading Light Wind includes an option to include a 253MW battery energy storage system (BESS).
The New York Public Service Commission has given utilities until the end of 2028 to put in place large-scale energy storage resources, extending a previous 2025 deadline.
Australia and New York are two very different places but both are likely to soon see their first government-backed tenders in which grid-scale energy storage can compete.
New York’s recently proposed programme to promote the deployment of energy storage has been well-designed to create a robust market in the state for everything from residential to large-scale.
North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency (NCEMPA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for battery storage to manage its electricity costs, with 15-year contracts on the table for the delivery and operation of a turnkey energy storage system.
EDF, Hanwha and Innergex lie among the firms contracted at Hawaii’s supposedly largest renewable tender to date, joining already-known winners such as ENGIE.
Median bids received by US utility Xcel Energy in a solicitation for energy resources for energy storage paired with solar came in at US$9 per megawatt lower than the previously observed record.
