Zinc-air battery company e-Zinc has entered into a pilot project collaboration with Toyota Tsusho Canada (TTCI) to trial its energy storage system at a wind farm in Texas.

A 200MW BESS to be located in Lancashire, northern England, has secured planning permission.

Co-located storage is growing as a proportion of the UK market with 7.2GW of projects in the pipeline, but structuring deals and offtake agreements presents a complex challenge according to an expert source.

Study conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative has found energy storage can be a key enabler for the clean energy transition.  

Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Jupiter Power has closed a US$174.6 million portfolio debt financing for its six projects totalling 650MWh of storage in the ERCOT market in Texas.

Legislation supporting clean energy in Massachusetts with a heavy focus on offshore wind looks set to go into law.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has unanimously approved plans to add more than 25.5GW of renewables and 15GW of storage in the state by 2032 at a cost of US$49 billion.  

The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has received proposals for more than 34GW of solar, wind and energy storage for its South-West Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), more than 10 times the likely capacity of the site.

A tiny, coral reef-surrounded island in southern Japan will be able to use renewable energy as its main source of power, thanks to a microgrid with battery storage technology at its heart. 

Georgia Power has released a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for 1GW of new utility-scale renewables that can be in service by 2023 and 2024, with bids opening in Q1 2022.