Tag: battery storage

March 7, 2023

Much of the current movement to decarbonize the grid involves installing many gigawatts of battery-based energy storage. Lithium-ion technology is leading the way with breathtaking advances that are addressing everything from improved performance to strategies to mitigate the risk of […]

December 13, 2022

Developers and power plant operators expect to be using 1.4 GW more battery capacity by the end of the year than in October. From 2023 to 2025, EIA forecasts another 20.8 GW will come online. More than 75% of the […]

October 21, 2022

A group representing 20 independent power producers in South Carolina unveiled a plan to diversify its generation supply, rather than rely on a natural-gas fired plant proposed by public utility company Santee Cooper. The plan from Central Electric Power Cooperative […]

August 9, 2022

Developers and project planners expect to add 29.4 GW of new generating capacity in the U.S. in the second half of 2022, nearly double the 15.1 GW added in the first half of the year, the Energy Information Administration reported […]

July 22, 2022

Generate Capital, a leading sustainable infrastructure investment and operating platform, today announced it has acquired large-scale battery storage developer esVolta LP to accelerate the availability of energy storage projects critical to decarbonizing the electric grid and improving resiliency. The acquisition […]

July 12, 2022

Ancillary services, including frequency response and the provision of spinning reserves, continue to make up a significant portion of battery applications, EIA said. But the list of use cases has been growing along with the nation’s battery capacity. “Accompanying this […]

January 29, 2021

The companies building batteries in New York and eventually running the day-to-day operations of the storage systems won’t necessarily be Con Edison, National Grid, or any of the other utilities in the state. Instead, other companies will carry out the […]

October 7, 2020

At a time when the U.S. renewables market is tilting increasingly toward solar, offshore wind and battery storage, newly launched developer Triple Oak Power is going old-school with a bet on the future of onshore wind. Triple Oak, based in […]

February 26, 2020

In a Feb. 14 order, the Virginia State Corporation Commission ruled that the combined over-$33 million in expected costs for the projects are reasonable and prudent. At $26.1 million, most of those costs will go to two of the projects […]

December 9, 2016

The energy storage supply chain is undergoing a bit of a shakeup. Leading battery storage producer Samsung SDI is teaming up with leading storage inverter maker Dynapower to develop an all-in-one storage solution for commercial and industrial customers. It’s a […]