Energy Storage

Federal policy must address equipment availability, solar development pathway risk and timing, as well as transmission and distribution interconnection.

The framework includes a 10-year expanded tax credit for utility-scale and residential clean energy, transmission and storage, clean passenger and commercial vehicles, and clean energy manufacturing.

The incentive program requires that the batteries be charged by the on-site solar power system in order to fully qualify.

Also on the rise: Energy Vault notches a win for its gravity based energy storage system, and Greenbacker names an EPC for two utility-scale solar projects.

While still in the planning and development stage, the New Brunswick facility is targeted to enter service in 2024.

Energy Vault signed a $520 million deal to supply 1.6 GWh of energy storage to DG Fuels to produce renewable hydrogen and a variety of fuels.

The new rates will help to support the expansion of two of the utility’s prominent solar programs, 30-by-30 and the SolarTogether community solar initiative.

Also on the rise: Large format modules are gaining market share and presenting a new set of challenges, Honeywell and Duke will jointly test a flow battery, and Sunnova will offer EV charging through a partnership with ChargePoint.

The battery, which uses an electrolyte to convert chemical energy into electricity for storage and deployment, will begin testing in 2022 at Duke Energy’s Emerging Technology and Innovation Center in Mount Holly, North Carolina.

Also on the rise: Ohio officials approve more utility-scale solar, SCE will add 2,150 MWh of energy storage, and large format modules are headed for standardization in a move driven by a Chinese trade group.