Grid Scale

Wanna see a hockey stick? Click to see what batteries are doing for the grid

In the first seven months of 2024, 5 gigawatts of utility-scale battery energy storage capacity was added to the grid, highlighting rapid growth in the battery market.

RE+ is right around the corner, here’s some stuff to look out for

09.05.2024

There’s a lot going on in Anaheim next week as thousands of clean energy professionals assemble for RE+. Here’s what you can’t miss.

Hope for the BESS: An energy storage evangelist surveys the industry’s next charge

09.04.2024

Ameresco’s Jacqueline DeRosa highlights innovations in battery energy storage and shares the next steps in the evolution of BESS adoption.

Can we collaborate? Utilities and developers work to mend fences

09.02.2024

There’s growing recognition that the power grid, centrally designed more than a century ago, has failed to keep pace with the energy transition.

Count to 10: Invenergy celebrates its tenth Arizona battery project

08.30.2024

Invenergy’s 50 MW El Sol Energy Storage Center is the company’s tenth completed battery energy storage project in Arizona since 2023.

Taking it to the Supreme Court? Ohioans still fighting massive Oak Run Solar

08.28.2024

The Ohio Power Siting Board has refused to rehear opposition to Savion’s Oak Run project, a massive 800 MW solar / 300 MW battery installation in Madison County.

Here’s where Georgia is installing 500 MW of new battery energy storage

08.28.2024

Georgia Power has applied for certification of four battery energy storage sites totaling 500 MW expected to come online in 2026.

In boosting clean energy in Minnesota, Walz lays foundation for climate influence if Harris wins

Walz’s effort to resolve a major obstacle to the clean energy transition nationwide is getting new attention since he was tapped as Kamala Harris’ running mat…

More battery storage is coming to Texas, Spearmint and Sungrow team up again

Spearmint and Sungrow promise to deploy an additional 1 GWh of energy storage in Texas, which is rapidly expanding its battery capacity….

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…

Bad battery bids: FERC ruling costs REV Renewables $2.67M

FERC’s Office of Enforcement ruled Vista Energy Storage provided CAISO an incorrect initial state of charge over 33 days in 2022….

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….

There’s a flood (of variable generation) down in Texas helping ERCOT manage demand records

Despite breaking records for demand, ERCOT is keeping blackouts and energy prices in check thanks to an increasingly-diverse mix of variable generation sources,…

EVLO, Vermont utilities team up on unique BESS

EVLO’s first utility-scale BESS in the United States is a 3 MW/12 MWh battery energy storage system in Troy, Vermont that promises to limit curtailment of renew…

Utilities want to know more about storage. A new lab will throw the kitchen sink at it

The Grid Storage Launchpad will support DOE’s efforts to develop grid-scale energy storage technology by enabling testing and validation of next-generation mate…

Speed to green: revolutionizing clean energy development processes

Securing and permitting land for clean energy projects can be painfully slow, tedious, and expensive. Paces CEO James McWalter shows how speed is key to deve…