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Solar Power World recently spoke with Zachary Cox, VP of operations at U.S. Battery Manufacturing, about the current state of the U.S. energy storage market. The deep-cycle, lead-acid battery manufacturer attributes the recent increase in energy storage system deployments to improved battery technology and utility flexibility, but Cox noted there’s still a long way to…

Legislation was introduced in both the House and Senate this week to encourage the development of energy storage systems in the United States. In the House, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Better Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Act of 2019, co-sponsored by Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA), Congressman Sean Casten (D-IL), and Congressman Anthony Gonzalez…

Duke Energy, which has been planning a solar-plus-storage microgrid installation in Hot Springs, North Carolina, since 2017, has finally received permission to install by the North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC). Duke will proceed with the microgrid system that will help improve electric reliability and serve as a backup power supply to the town of more…

Saft has recently launched a new product in the Xcelion line, the Xcelion 56V lithium-ion battery, offering customers a variant on the proven technology behind the Xcelion 6T for applications requiring higher voltage. As the third Xcelion product, the Xcelion 56V builds upon the existing technology behind the Xcelion 6T, launched in 2015, and the Xcelion…

Electric vehicle company BYD will partner with energy solutions provider Apparent to develop a 2-MW solar and 2-MWh energy storage project at its Lancaster, California, coach and bus manufacturing plant, demonstrating the company’s mission to be a total green energy solution provider. BYD will own and operate the project utilizing BYD solar panels and batteries…

NeoVolta has received approval from the California Energy Commission to connect its NV14 home energy storage system to California’s state regulated electricity grid. Approval immediately opens NeoVolta’s energy storage solutions to California’s existing 940,000 solar installations that generate nearly 17% of all of California’s electricity. By storing energy instead of sending it back to the grid, consumers…

Microgrid company CleanSpark announced it has achieved government acceptance of its solar-plus-storage microgrid located at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California. Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States. Completed by general contractor Bethel-Webcor…

On April 4, 2019, Congressman Mike Doyle (D-PA) filed legislation to modify the federal tax code to include energy storage as an eligible technology for the investment tax credit (ITC). Currently, the ITC under Section 48 and 25D of the Internal Revenue Code allows project owners to receive federal tax credits for installing designated renewable…

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) today announced the release of its new “Battery Energy Storage System Guidebook” to assist local permitting authorities and the energy storage industry across the state in navigating the siting and review processes for the development of battery energy storage projects. The release of the guidebook…