Donald Trump has announced his sweeping ‘Liberation Day’ global tariffs, with another new China tariff resulting in an effective doubling of the price of batteries and BESS imported from there to the US.
IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has received a US$773 million debt financing for its solar-plus-storage Country Acres project located near Sacramento, California, US.
Utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has announced intent to award up to US$43 million in grant funding for nine new community-driven microgrids in California, US.
Independent power producer (IPP) Innergex Renewable Energy’s 30MW/120MWh Hale Kuawehi battery energy storage system (BESS) project has reached commercial operations.
Battery storage will help ERCOT manage a doubling of peak demand in Texas in the next five years, said the keynote speaker on Day One of the Energy Storage Summit USA 2025 which kicked off today in Dallas (26 March).
Three virtual power plant (VPP) programmes have been announced in California and Colorado. Two of them will use Tesla’s Powerwall battery. Another is attempting to change customer habits to save energy and money.
ESN Premium’s two-part interview with the CEO of LG Energy Solution Vertech continues, covering topics such as US customer demand and the Moss Landing fire.