The battery storage sector is about to enter its first ever phase of large-scale augmentations of systems as they reach 3-5 year degradation points and there are questions over how this will pan out, Burns & McDonnell told Energy-Storage.news.
Developer Available Power and Linxon, a joint venture between engineering firm SNC-Lavalin and Hitachi Energy, are targeting 1GW of battery storage projects in the ERCOT, Texas market.
Zinc battery firm Eos Energy Enterprises had a disappointing Q4 2022 with revenue falling both year-on-year and quarter-on-quarter, although its orders booked and order backlog continue to grow strongly.
The battery packs stolen from the Valley Center Energy Storage project in California were decommissioned and awaiting recycling, developer Terra-Gen told Energy-Storage.news.
The US utility-scale battery storage sector achieved its highest-ever annual deployments in 2022, a year in which solar PV and wind underperformed against expectations.
Managing your battery energy storage system (BESS) supply chain is a complex issue with no easy fixes, according to leading developers, system integrators and investors.