esVolta secures $110 million for 300 MWh battery project in California
The energy storage facility in San Jose will provide resource adequacy support to Pacific Gas & Electric.
Capstone and Eurowind plan eight-hour, 3.2 GWh battery storage project in California
Energy planning body the California Energy Commission (CEC) is considering an application for a big battery that would be operational by June 2028.
Fortescue launches battery pack manufacturing plant in Detroit
Australian mining and green energy major Fortescue plans to launch its manufacturing efforts in the United States by producing a high-voltage battery pack with up to 34 kWh capacity built around the company’s scalable battery module technology.
Energy storage is a solved problem
There are thousands of extraordinarily good pumped hydro energy storage sites around the world with extraordinarily low capital cost. When coupled with batteries, the resulting hybrid system has large energy storage, low cost for both energy and power, and rapid response. Storage is a solved problem.
U.S. installs 3 GW / 10.5 GWh of energy storage in Q2
The United States continues to set quarterly records for energy storage installations across market segments, said a report from Wood Mackenzie.
Demand for large capacity battery storage cells goes strong as prices continue to slide
The analysis from Taipei-based intelligence provider TrendForce finds that the average price for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) energy storage system cells continued to slide in August, reaching CNY 0.35/Wh ($0.049/Wh). Meanwhile, demand for large capacity cells continued to grow at a steady pace.
U.S. power grid adds 4.2 GW of battery storage in H1
Battery storage accounted for the second-largest share of newly operating generating capacity in the United States in the first half of 2024. If all planned additions come online, this year could see a record amount of battery storage capacity added to the grid, totaling 15 GW.
Northvolt closes Cuberg’s ops, shifts lithium-metal battery R&D to Sweden
Three years after acquiring U.S.-based Cuberg, Swedish battery maker Northvolt has decided to shut down the California unit and move future lithium-metal battery R&D to Sweden.
New battery sizing approach for virtual synchronous generators, control-based grid-forming inverters
A group of researchers has outlined a new methodology to determine the minimum power rating of energy storage systems (ESSs) used for emergency under-frequency response. The ESS size must be calculated to maintain the frequency within the standard operating range.
California community action agency breaks ground on vehicle-to-grid solar project
The 1.5 MW ground-mount solar farm will be installed on a fixed-tilt racking system. Excess energy will be stored in a Nuvve-branded pre-validated battery energy storage system (BESS) integrated with Nuvve’s vehicle-to-grid platform.
