US battery storage deployments could fall by 29% in 2026 due to ongoing policy uncertainty, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Dedicated BESS spin-out of Mitsubishi Power Americas, Prevalon Energy’s battery energy storage system (BESS) has entered commercial operations at utility Idaho Power’s Happy Valley battery storage project.

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has approved a programme to “significantly” expand the amount of grid-scale energy storage capacity in the state.

Another roundup from the world of energy storage, with news from SMA, Canadian Solar’s e-Storage and Trina Storage.

Waller County, Texas, officials have approved tax abatements for Tesla to build its newest battery storage factory in the US.

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has made a conditional commitment for a loan to utility Arizona Public Service (APS), the first part of which would go towards a 600MWh BESS.

Ty Daul, CEO of Primergy, discusses how the Quinbrook-launched developer brought online the US’s largest co-located solar-plus-storage power plant.

Idaho Power is seeking approval from the state regulator to deploy an additional 100MW of BESS to plug the gap left within its portfolio following the cancellation of a deal with IPP Savion. 

Utility NV Energy has received state regulatory approval of a group of PPAs with a cumulative storage capacity exceeding 1GW as part of the investor-owned utility’s (IOU’s) 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). 

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.