Energy Storage

Michigan regulators reject Consumers Energy proposal to exit biomass plant PPAs early

Among other actions by the Michigan Public Service Commission was the approval of a 220 MW/800 MWh battery storage facility at the site of the former Trenton Channel coal-fired plant.

1-GWh battery now operational in Arizona for solar site powering Google data center

Sonoran Solar Energy Center is a 260-megawatt (MW) solar facility with the ability to charge a 1 gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery energy storage system, located south of Buckeye, Arizona.

Kohler and Toyota partner on hydrogen fuel cell for U.S. hospital

Kohler Power Systems and Toyota have developed a hydrogen fuel cell power generation system for Klickitat Valley Health hospital.

Utah solar+battery project to quadruple storage capacity

The project’s storage capacity would increase from 400 MWh to 1,600 MWh, making Green River Energy Center one of the largest solar-plus-storage projects under development in the U.S.

Mitsubishi Power is spinning off its battery storage business

Prevalon Energy will operate “with the agility of a startup.”

ISO New England saw 114,727 gigawatt-hours of generation in 2023

ISO New England (ISO-NE) has published a breakdown of the amount of electricity produced by generators in New England and imported from other regions to satisfy all residential, commercial, and industrial customer demand from the power grid in 2023 – and total production for the year, known as net energy for load (NEL), amounted to 114,727 gigawatt-hours.

Strata closes on $559M for 1 GWh battery storage project in Arizona

The Scatter Wash complex is expected to be operational by April, 2025. It will provide Arizona Public Service (APS) customers with energy, support increased power demand, and will store energy from solar power plants on its grid to use when it is needed.

We’ve got a new champ! World’s largest solar + storage facility fully operational in California

Terra-Gen’s Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Energy Storage project generates 875 MWdc of solar energy and has 3,287 MWh of energy storage with a total interconnection capacity of 1,300 MW.

Energy Storage

The Scatter Wash complex is expected to be operational by April, 2025. It will provide Arizona Public Service (APS) customers with energy, support increased pow…

Terra-Gen’s Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Energy Storage project generates 875 MWdc of solar energy and has 3,287 MWh of energy storage with a total interconnection…

New York group releases first battery fire recommendations

The creation of the working group was announced last summer after multiple battery fires occurred in the state….

PGE issues all-source RFP for dispatchable, renewable generation

In its IRP, PGE forecasts a significant capacity need of 1136 MW in summer, 1004 MW in winter, and a significant energy need of 905 MWa (~2,500 MW nameplate) b…

Transition to renewables increases winter reliability risk

The transition to cleaner energy brings economic concerns as our society moves further from fossil fuels as a means of generating electricity….

200 MW/800 MWh battery storage system to be installed near Indiana coal plant

This system is expected to be operational by December 2024 and online during the MISO 2024-2025 winter season….

IEA: Clean energy to outpace demand through 2026

By early 2025, the IEA expects renewables to make up more than a third of total generation, overtaking coal. …

‘We’re playing catch up’: How grid operators see the future of battery storage

From interconnection to market structures, U.S. power grid operators are grappling with an onslaught of battery storage development, which has boomed due to the…

POWERGEN keynote calls for a future that starts with ‘dumb ideas’

Brian David Johnson, an applied futurist and professor who headlined the POWERGEN keynote, pushed attendees to embrace the power of “dumb ideas” when planning f…

Caterpillar successfully tests hydrogen fuel cell at Microsoft data center

The company says the demonstration provided insights into the capabilities of fuel cell systems to power multi-megawatt data centers, ensuring uninterrupted pow…

1 GWh battery storage project underway in Arizona

The facility is expected to become operational in April 2025, and will provide the grid solar energy during high stress….

TC Energy announces decision to continue advancing Ontario Pumped Storage

TC Energy will continue to advance the 1 GW Ontario Pumped Storage Project in Canada, working with the Ministry of Energy and Ontario Energy Board….