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).

Florida’s largest utility, Florida Power & Light (FPL), is ramping up its energy storage ambitions across the Sunshine State, with plans to deploy over 2.2GW of new BESS between 2026 and 2027.

Georgia Power update to its integrated resource plan (IRP) would see the company procure up to 1GW of battery storage resources.

Boralex, EDF and Atura Power have submitted plans for BESS projects to the Town of Greater Napanee, Ontario.

Chris McKissack, CEO of GlidePath, talks to Energy-Storage.news about ERCOT’s evolution, optimisation strategies and how batteries and renewables can take on fossil fuels.

Australian high voltage grid operator Transgrid will host a competitive solicitation for large-scale battery storage resources in areas of New South Wales facing increasing electricity demand.

The CEO of US virtual power plant provider Swell Energy has said that New York utility company Con Edison has been “very progressive” in recognising the value that aggregated home battery systems paired with solar can offer.

Update 21 August 2020: An LS Power representative contacted Energy-Storage.news to provide further information on the Gateway project’s storage capacity.