Morning Brief: ERCOT market excitement and price jump, McCarthy completes world-record 250-MW storage project
Also in the brief: Small modular nuclear reactors reach regulatory milestone, Alabama regulates against solar, impacts of FERC Order 841
Eos announces 1.5 GWh of zinc battery storage projects across Texas and California
The summer of battery storage rolls on, with zinc hybrid cathode technology now announcing massive development news.
Long-duration energy storage makes progress but regulation lags technology
Technologies, players and regulatory gaps in the U.S. long-duration storage market.
Morning Brief: SunPower and Maxeon are now independent companies, a battery can sell three types of products
Also in the brief: More financing news on Longroad’s 331-MW Prospero 2 solar project in Andrews County, Texas, Duke Energy storage projects abound, and solar on military housing.
Avoiding blackouts all together with behind-the-meter storage
Commercial storage company Stem had 100 MW on tap during California’s rolling blackouts, but could only provide 50 MW due to limits on how much power its standalone installations can export.
The Texas battery boom is helping drive the ‘summer of storage’ in the US
With two projects clocking in at 100 MW each, the Texas storage market is demonstrating that California isn’t the only state that can do big batteries.
Morning Brief: Elon Musk hints at yet another battery breakthrough, CAISO provides details on California blackouts
Also in the brief: A surge of nuclear outages in the U.S. this summer, Japan’s struggle to drive down renewables costs
SimpliPhi predicts a cobalt-free battery takeover sooner than anyone expects
pv magazine spoke with SimpliPhi CEO Catherine Von Burg to discuss why she believes lithium-iron-phosphate is the chemistry of the near future.
Sunrun and GRID fight California blackouts with free batteries for low-income households
“Storage is critical for equity,” says Sunrun CEO Lynn Jurich — and putting more standalone storage on the grid means less electricity going through wires in wildfire-prone areas.
Morning Brief: PV plant providing grid ancillary services in Chile, Capital Dynamics to develop nine batteries
Also in the brief: Global Energy Generation’ proposed 4,500-acre Mammoth Solar project in Pulaski County, Indiana, may have a role to play in Winamac’s revitalization efforts, Dominion Energy acquired a solar power project in Orange County, the laws that prevent carbon cutting and more.
