Rachel Metea

3 weeks ago | ess-news.com | Marija Maisch |Rachel Metea |Matthew Lynas |Patrick Jowett

Battery manufacturer Stryten Energy announced plans to add 10 GW of domestic energy storage capacity across its 11 U.S. manufacturing and battery component plants. The expansion, which brings Stryten’s domestic manufacturing capacity to 24 GW, will increase the domestic supply of batteries for long-duration energy storage, as well as military, transportation and material-handling applications. According to Stryten, existing advanced manufacturing tax credits supported its new investment.

3 weeks ago | ess-news.com | Marija Maisch |Phoebe Skok |Patrick Jowett |Rachel Metea

Defunct fossil fuel infrastructure could play a key role in the energy transition when repurposed for underground energy storage (UES). A recent study out of Pennsylvania State University found that abandoned oil and gas wells (AOGWs) can be integrated into compressed-air energy storage systems (CAES) in order to take advantage of their natural geothermal heat. Rather than being environmental liabilities, AOGWs could serve as boons for energy storage.

3 weeks ago | ess-news.com | Max Hall |Rachel Metea |Marija Maisch |Marian Willuhn

The Texas Senate, in the United States, has unanimously passed a bill to speed up the permitting process for home solar and energy storage installations. S.B. 1202 aims to expedite the approval process by allowing authorized third parties, such as a licensed engineer, to review development documents and conduct inspections required by regulatory authorities to install home backup power generation instead of by the regulatory authority.