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''Deploy, deploy, deploy'': Energy Storage Association''s

On 1 January, an era ends for the US national Energy Storage Association (ESA) and a new one begins. The ESA will merge with the American Clean Power Association (ACP), uniting 200 energy storage industry member

Energy storage in India: A ''year of action'' lies ahead of us

IESA also hosted the second edition of India''s Energy Storage Policy Forum on the eve of World Energy Storage Day, focused on policy issues related to grid and off-grid applications to support renewable development, energy storage for EVs and charging infrastructure, as well as R&D and the manufacturing ecosystem in India.

New Jersey Senators seek to remedy state''s slow progress on energy

The slow progress was explained in a 2020 interview with then-policy director at the Energy Storage Association (ESA), Jason Burwen, who discussed the difference between the states that have set energy storage targets as policies with follow-through mechanisms in place to make them happen, and what could be called aspirational goals without

US Energy Storage Association ''encouraged'' by DOE''s grid

The US Department of Energy''s (DOE) assessment of reliability and security of the country''s electrical grid network is "encouraging", the Energy Storage Association''s head has said in her initial reaction to the report''s publication.

Lab technologies will meet real-world experience at ESA''s tech

Andy Colthorpe speaks to Matt Roberts of the Washington-based Energy Storage Association about topics including real-world applications of tech straight from the lab, why he dislikes subsidies and the group''s technical conference, happening later this month.

Proposed tax credit guidance ''provides

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to the general public. South Sudan''s electricity mix is currently 100% thermal, though the country possesses significant renewable potential. Five identified high-potential hydropower sites

Virginia enacts regulations to enable US

With Virginia now one of seven US states with a form of energy storage target in place, Virginia''s goal slightly outdoes the next largest, New York''s, which was set at 3GW by 2040.With that in mind, the Virginia State Corporation Commission – which has the authority to regulate numerous sectors including everything from utilities to insurance – issued its

Jules Scully, Author at Energy-Storage.News

The US Energy Storage Association (ESA) plans to merge with the newly launched American Clean Power Association (ACP), in a move it says will further position the storage and renewables industries for success. Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID) is on track to own more than 1.2GW of operational battery energy storage systems after

COVID-19 poses ''significant risks of workforce

ESA CEO Kelly Speakes-Backman said the association still anticipates year-on-year growth for the industry but that the COVID-19 pandemic "has impacted the energy storage industry tremendously," including "immediate and significant risks of workforce reductions and economic damage".

ESA: ''Disappointed but not dissuaded'' as energy storage loses

Energy Storage Association CEO Kelly Speakes-Backman, a former state utilities commissioner, said in a statement that the group is disappointed but not dissuaded from continuing efforts to introduce an ITC. ESA and our members are not dissuaded from continuing our efforts to finally include energy storage in the ITC. We look forward to

PJM''s frequency regulation rule changes causing

Until 2016, PJM''s frequency regulation market, which allowed fast-responding resources like energy storage to bid into tenders to provide the ancillary service ahead of existing assets like gas peaker plants, was the

Goldman Sachs-backed standalone energy storage startup

We are evaluating opportunities to invest over US$1 billion across the US in locations with an urgent need for energy storage." Burwen, known in the industry as the former policy lead and later interim CEO of the Energy Storage Association (ESA, since merged with the American Clean Power Association), joined Gridstor a few months ago.

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The ESA Energy Storage Annual Conference & Expo

ESA brings the stakeholders of the energy storage industry together through ESA Energy Storage Conference & Expo, working to provide content to Accelerate markets, Connect its members and Educate stakeholders about the power of

FERC Order 841: US about to take ''most

Various clean energy trade associations including the Energy Storage Association (ESA), the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) formed a coalition to intervene in support of Order 841, while industry participant companies included Sunrun, Tesla, Vivint Solar Developer and ENGIE Storage Services also

Recycling, end-of-life and safe transport of

Guidelines for lithium-ion battery storage system decommissioning and recycling have been launched in the US by the national Energy Storage Association, while associations in European Union territories as well as the US have come together to launch an online information portal on the safe transportation.

Connecticut looks to join seven other US states in setting energy

That made Virginia the seventh US state to introduce a target and Jason Burwen, then policy director of the national Energy Storage Association (ESA) spoke with this site mid-last year about the different goals and how they had been introduced and pursued in New York, New Jersey, California, Nevada, Massachusetts, Oregon and Virginia. Burwen is

US infrastructure bill: What the energy storage industry thinks

Energy Storage Association. The US'' national trade association and advocacy group for the industry told the site the bill is "best understood as a supply-side push with respect to its provisions for energy storage". In a fresh statement sent to Energy-Storage.news, the ESA explains at those supply-side pushes are:

In 2020 the US went beyond a gigawatt of advanced energy storage

Last year, 1,464MW / 3,487MWh of new energy storage went online in the US. In megawatt-hour terms, Wood Mackenzie head of energy storage Dan Finn-Foley said that last year saw more storage deployed than the six years between 2013 and

South Sudan''s Renewable Energy Potential

In the context of the civil war with no end in sight in South Sudan, this report outlines how a donor-led shift from the current total reliance on diesel to renewable energy can deliver short-term humanitarian cost savings while

Solar-plus-storage project completed at UN

A just-commissioned solar and battery storage system will reduce diesel consumption by at least 80% at a base for 300 humanitarian workers in South Sudan, managed by the UN''s International

''Immediate and potentially devastating'' to US

This is added to the employment of some 60,000 people across the US and around US$1 billion a year of economic activity that energy storage accounts for. As Energy-Storage.news heard in a recent interview with Danny Lu, executive vice president at US energy storage system maker Powin Energy, some of the delays can be attributed to interruptions

Maine becomes 9th US state to adopt energy storage deployment target

The US national Energy Storage Association (ESA) welcomed the news and ESA Interim CEO Jason Burwen described summer 2021 as the "Summer of Storage in New England". "Maine is now the latest state in the region to enact policies that accelerate energy storage development—as well as becoming the ninth state in the U.S. to adopt an energy

Taking charge: Energy Storage Association CEO Kelly Speakes

Despite making huge strides forward, the energy storage industry''s work in helping stakeholders across the value chain understand the technologies and the roles they can play in a renewable energy future is far from done. Andy Colthorpe speaks with Energy Storage Association chief executive, Kelly Speakes-Backman, at the forefront of the industry''s push

Day of Action to advocate on #StorageITC

An ITC would change the industry overnight, Yann Brandt at system integrator FlexGen said earlier this year. Image: FlexGen. Advocating for an investment tax credit (ITC) for energy storage, a Day of Action will be launched tomorrow (8 September 2021) by the US national Energy Storage Association (ESA).

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South Sudan

South Sudan is one of Eastern Africa''s major oil resource holders but exported more than 85% of its production in 2014. Only 1% of the population had access to electricity in the country in 2017.