New York’s chief economic development agency Empire State Development is launching a battery cell assembly facility in Eastman Business Park (EBP), Rochester, which will serve battery and capacitor companies, in collaboration with the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST).
Ameresco will build a renewable-powered microgrid at a Marine Corp facility in Parris Island, South Carolina.
US solar installer Sunworks has selected Sharp’s SmartStorage system as it expands its offering.
The north-eastern US state of Massachusetts will introduce a procurement target for energy storage resources, with the state’s department of energy resources (DOER) collecting views from stakeholders.
US energy storage inverter manufacturer Dynapower has partnered with South Korea’s Samsung SDI to launch an integrated behind-the-meter energy storage system, featuring Dynapower’s Generation 2 MPS inverters and Samsung SDI’s E2 batteries.
The US energy regulator has opened a consultation process on the integration of energy storage into a competitive market structure.
The merger between Tesla and SolarCity has been approved by shareholders.
Energy storage designer and manufacturer SimpliPhi Power Energy has completed installing a ‘plug and play microgrid’ for an off-grid solar-plus-storage project with Pure Power in California.
The utility has integrated battery energy storage systems into California’s electricity market CAISO for the first time.
The energy storage business of German auto manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is expanding to the US market starting early 2017.
