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GM, LG venture gets $2.5B federal loan to boost EV battery manufacturing
Ultium Cells will use the funding to support three facilities in Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan.
By Sara Samora • Dec. 14, 2022 -
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Developers, power plant owners to boost US utility-scale battery storage capacity nearly fourfold by 2026: EIA
The Energy Information Administration expects U.S. utility-scale battery storage to grow to 30 GW by the end of 2025 from 7.8 GW today.
By Stephen Singer • Dec. 13, 2022 -
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TrendlineThe Utility Dive Outlook on 2023
2023 promises to be another busy year for the U.S. energy transition as stakeholders move to implement new clean energy measures while tackling growing security, reliability, equity and affordability challenges.
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Long-duration energy storage has attracted more than $58B in global commitments since 2019: WoodMac
Project commitments include 57 GW of LDES, which is roughly the equivalent of three times the global energy-storage capacity deployed this year.
By Stephen Singer • Dec. 12, 2022 -
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Sponsored by Nomad PowerBuilding competitive advantages and cutting costs with mobile energy storage
Mobile energy storage is a powerful tool that enables both C&I customers and the utilities that serve them to contain costs while still maintaining or expanding their operations.
Dec. 12, 2022 -
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Cleaner, more efficient method found to make cathode material for lithium-ion batteries
Depending on cobalt, a foreign-sourced rare metal, presents risks to U.S. manufacturing supply chains and transportation, Oak Ridge lab researchers say.
By Stephen Singer • Dec. 5, 2022 -
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10 must-read utility sector stories from 2022
Reliability, security and affordability concerns are rising in a U.S. power sector increasingly focused on decarbonization and electrification. Utility Dive has rounded up some of our top stories so far on these and other trends in 2022.
By Larry Pearl • Dec. 5, 2022 -
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NuScale, Shell, others to develop hydrogen production concept with heat from small modular reactor
Research will consider the number of NuScale power modules needed in solid oxide electrolysis cell hydrogen production and the quantity of hydrogen that could be stored for subsequent electricity production.
By Stephen Singer • Dec. 2, 2022 -
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Promises of outstanding aqueous zinc-ion battery performance are overstated, researchers say
“Many challenges underlying these claims of outstanding electrochemical performance are overlooked or underestimated,” the researchers said.
By Ethan Howland • Nov. 30, 2022 -
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California moves to up PG&E energy storage contract prices amid ‘unprecedented’ market conditions
The four energy storage contracts follow an 11.5 GW procurement order the California Public Utilities Commission approved last year to ensure grid reliability.
By Kavya Balaraman • Nov. 30, 2022 -
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DOE labs launch thermal energy storage consortium to spur development, market adoption
The Stor4Build consortium plans to develop a community-scale TES demonstration project.
By Ethan Howland • Nov. 29, 2022 -
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Managing NuScale, other SMR waste will be ‘roughly comparable’ with conventional reactors, DOE labs find
The Argonne and Idaho national labs say managing nuclear waste from small modular reactors would have no additional ‘major’ challenges compared with other reactors.
By Stephen Singer • Nov. 23, 2022 -
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DOE awards $100M for innovative floating wind, pumped storage and other emerging clean energy tech
Energy officials look to scale up and bring to market innovative energy technologies that would reduce costs for pumped storage and offshore wind farms.
By Diana DiGangi • Nov. 23, 2022 -
House lawmakers, advocates want $5B to help Puerto Rico install rooftop solar, storage systems
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers in the House have called for an emergency supplemental spending bill to provide clean energy for underserved Puerto Rican households.
By Robert Walton • Nov. 22, 2022 -
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OpinionSecond-life EV batteries can bolster the energy storage market — if major challenges can be overcome
With 80% of a battery’s capacity left at the end of its useful life in a vehicle and current constraints on supply chains for new batteries, repurposing electric vehicle batteries seems like a no-brainer.
By Emily Goldfield • Nov. 21, 2022 -
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US large-scale battery storage deployments triple to 1.2 GW in Q3 but slowdown possible: S&P Global
Companies are scaling back due to supply chain bottlenecks, with planned storage additions this year down 2 GW from six months earlier, to nearly 8 GW.
By Stephen Singer • Nov. 18, 2022 -
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FERC orders reliability standards, registration requirements for wind, solar, storage to protect the grid
The agency is acting partly in response to reliability risks of inverter-based resources unexpectedly tripping offline.
By Ethan Howland • Nov. 18, 2022 -
Thermal energy systems could boost global long-duration storage capacity to 8 TW by 2040: McKinsey
Thermal energy storage would draw cumulative investment in long-duration storage of between $1.6 trillion and $2.5 trillion by 2040, per a report by the Long Duration Energy Storage Council and McKinsey.
By Stephen Singer • Nov. 15, 2022 -
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US can reach 100% clean power by 2035, DOE finds, but tough reliability and land use questions lie ahead
New aggressive planning is needed to identify the long-duration storage technologies and find the land to grow enough resources to reach the Biden administration’s net zero emissions goals, a DOE national lab reports.
By Herman K. Trabish • Nov. 15, 2022 -
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DOE offers nearly $350M for pilot projects advancing long-duration energy storage
Up to 11 demonstration projects would enable energy storage over long durations as more renewable sources become available.
By Stephen Singer • Nov. 15, 2022 -
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US renewables, storage sectors set to avoid tougher building standards that industry said could kill projects
Solar Energy Industries Association-proposed code changes that are less stringent than those a FEMA advisory panel proposed for solar and storage projects won initial International Code Council approval.
By Ethan Howland • Nov. 14, 2022 -
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Sponsored by Nomad PowerHow the Inflation Reduction Act unlocks the benefits of mobile energy storage
The IRA ensures that energy storage can benefit from the ITC for 10 years, providing long-term certainty that is so important to investors and energy storage owners.
Nov. 14, 2022 -
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California funds 60 MWh tribal long-duration storage project with nation’s largest vanadium redox flow battery
The project will provide backup power to the Viejas Tribe of Kumeyaay Indians and bolster the reliability of the energy system statewide.
By Kavya Balaraman • Nov. 9, 2022 -
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Battery development to slow for 3 years, despite massive boost from Inflation Reduction Act, analyst says
Shortages in materials are hampering battery manufacturing as the IRA jumpstarts storage investment.
By Stephen Singer • Nov. 8, 2022 -
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Sponsored by Convergent Energy + PowerIRA sets the stage for US energy storage to thrive
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed into law in August significantly improves the economics for large-scale battery storage projects in the U.S. For the first time, standalone storage systems will be eligible for a 30 percent investment tax credit (ITC) — and up to 70 percent with additional incentives.
Nov. 7, 2022 -
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Texas moves ahead with expanded 80 MW distributed energy resource pilot designed to boost grid reliability
Initial discussions had considered a 10 MW limit on the pilot. “What it shows to me is that we're conservative in the way we think about how we ensure reliability,” said Commissioner Jimmy Glotfelty.
By Robert Walton • Nov. 4, 2022
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