Energy Storage

Study suggests a big role for grid battery storage as Illinois shutters its coal power plants

Transmission and renewables aren’t being built quickly enough to allow fossil fuel plants to close by state deadline, experts argue. Storage appears to be the most realistic path, a new analysis finds.

Nearly 4 GW of battery energy storage was added in Q2. Where did it go?

Total U.S. storage capacity has increased 87% year-over-year, per S&P Global Commodity Insights. ERCOT, WECC, and CAISO are leading the way.

Minnesota co-op breaks ground on multi-day energy storage project

Form Energy said this is the first commercial deployment of the company’s iron-air battery.

Jupiter Power BESS project now online in Houston

The 200 MW/400 MWh Callisto I is Jupiter’s ninth project in ERCOT.

EIA projects 42.6 GW of new capacity additions in the U.S. during second half of 2024

Led by solar and battery storage, the U.S. could add 62.8 GW of utility-scale generating capacity in all of 2024.

Idaho’s largest battery storage project is financed. Will a NIMBY fight follow?

Idaho is developing a track record of fighting wind and solar projects, and opponents have found some success. Will they go after battery storage, too?

New York drafts updates to its fire code to address battery storage growth

The draft code language was meant to address the recommendations from the Governor’s Interagency Fire Safety Working Group.

Colorado power provider to add renewables, gas, storage by 2030

Platte River Power Authority’s IRP calls for 760 MW of renewables, 200 MW of combustion turbines and 175 MW of battery storage by the end of the decade.

Energy Storage

The draft code language was meant to address the recommendations from the Governor’s Interagency Fire Safety Working Group. …

Platte River Power Authority’s IRP calls for 760 MW of renewables, 200 MW of combustion turbines and 175 MW of battery storage by the end of the decade….

Salt River Project, Aypa Power announce new BESS project

The 250 MW/1,000 MWh battery project would be operational by mid-2026. …

Ameresco to construct largest standalone BESS in the Pacific Northwest

The battery energy storage system (BESS) will have a 20-year guaranteed capacity of 25 megawatts (MW) and 100 megawatt-hours (MWh)….

Here comes the boom: Wood Mackenzie forecasts massive solar, wind, and storage growth

WoodMac predicts 5.4 TWac of new solar and wind will come online by 2033, as global energy storage capacity grows by more than 600%….

Powin selected as battery supplier for DTE’s Trenton Channel Energy Center in Michigan

The new project replaces DTE’s retired Trenton Channel Power Plant, a century-old coal-fired facility that retired in 2022….

Growth in commercial electricity demand linked to states with high data center growth

Electricity demand tied to data centers has grown the most in Virginia, one of the largest markets in the world for this development….

SRP eyes long-duration storage, including at to-be-decommissioned coal plant

The Arizona utility has issued an RFP for long-duration energy storage technologies to be operational at two sites….

Microgrid at Marine air base will test long-duration energy storage viability

The Rapid Integration and Commercialization Unit (RICU) at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is a living laboratory for testing how leading LDES technologies can…

Two new battery storage projects coming online in Arizona

When both facilities are operational, nearly 1,300 MW of battery and pumped hydro storage will be on Salt River Project’s system….

DTE Energy demolishes legacy coal-fired plant

The 535 MW Trenton Channel plant was completed in 1924. At the time of its commissioning, it was the fourth major power plant Detroit Edison (now DTE Energy) pu…

New York approves plan to add six gigawatts of energy storage by 2030

The roadmap is a set of recommendations to cost-effectively expand New York’s energy storage programs while bolstering grid resilience….