The German energy storage market continued to be dominated by the residential segment in 2021 although utility-scale battery revenues grew by nearly six times year-on-year, according to new figures from the national storage association.

Global system integrator Fluence has been awarded a 60MW/96MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) order in Taiwan for the country’s state-owned utility.

Dominion Energy Virginia has received approval to expand its portfolio of solar and energy storage.

Swedish public utility Vattenfall has opened its Energypark Haringvliet in the Netherlands, which combines wind, solar and a 12MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Michigan should target 2,500MW of energy storage deployments by 2030.

Origin Energy has outlined how a virtual power plant (VPP) and large-scale battery storage will allow it to replace coal.

Swell Energy, a US company specialising in virtual power plant (VPP) projects aggregating residential solar PV and battery storage, has launched a distributed energy resources management system (DERMS) software platform. 

Multi-day battery storage tech startup Form Energy is working with Georgia Power on a potential 15MW/1,500MWh project in the US utility company’s service area. 

Georgia Power has filed its 2022 integrated resource plan (IRP), highlighting the decreasing economic viability of it coal and seeking to add resources including renewables, gas and battery storage.   

ESS Inc’s long-duration iron electrolyte flow battery energy storage solution will be deployed in a demonstration and test project in Oregon by utility company Portland General Electric.