Equinor-owned East Point Energy has officially withdrawn plans to construct a 116MW standalone BESS in New York State.

Eolian has pulled plans for a 100MW/400MWh standalone BESS facility that was proposed for the Town of Catskill in Greene County, New York, following a drawn-out permitting process with the local planning authority.

Jupiter Power has unveiled plans to construct a 700MW standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) facility at the site of a former oil depot previously owned by ExxonMobil in Everett, Massachusetts.

Brian Hayes, CEO at Key Capture Energy gives his first interview since taking on the role, exclusively for Energy-Storage.news Premium. 

New York’s electricity market operator is evaluating the role energy storage technologies could play as part of the transmission network.

Leyline Renewable Capital has provided loans to developers RAI Energy and Grid Connected Infrastructure (GCI) for solar and storage projects.

Investing in numerous smaller grid-scale energy storage projects minimises downside risk and can mean getting projects in the ground two years’ quicker, developer Agilitas Energy told Energy-Storage.news.

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) may be in something of a ‘dot com’ moment, but grid operators cannot afford the ‘hiccup’ of any bubble bursting, a senior ISO manager said at Energy Storage Summit USA.

Energy storage could be a powerful asset in facilitating transmission upgrades required for New York’s low carbon energy transition.

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