Extending the Flexibility of Energy Storage With Julia Souder, LDESC — Battery + Storage Podcast
Duke Develops Flexible Energy Storage Options to Enhance Reliability and Maximize Value With Laurel Meeks, Duke Energy — Battery + Storage Podcast
Powering Anything, Anywhere With Alex Livingston, Joule Case — Battery + Storage Podcast
Flexible Real Estate Financing Solutions for Storage Projects With Laura Pagliarulo, SolaREIT — Battery + Storage Podcast
Building Out Energy Storage Facilities Across the US With Jason Burwen, GridStor — Battery + Storage Podcast
Perfecting High-Performance Battery Chemistry With John Kem, American Battery Factory — Battery + Storage Podcast
Overcoming Energy Conversion Challenges With Jason Barmann, EPC Power Corp — Battery + Storage Podcast
Decoding Battery Analytics With Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO of ACCURE Battery Intelligence — Battery + Storage Podcast
The Continuing Impact of Coal Ash - Energy Law Insights
Navigating Power Allocation and Customer Choice in a Regulated Landscape
Advancing Eco-Friendly Battery Recycling With Storm Energia — Battery + Storage Podcast
Analyzing the Impact of the IRA on Energy Storage — Battery + Storage Podcast
Domesticating the Battery Supply Chain With ENTEK and KORE Power — Battery + Storage Podcast
Pioneering the Future of EVs and Battery Testing With Don Wright, Unico — Battery + Storage Podcast
Leading the Lead Revolution With the Consortium for Battery Innovation — Battery + Storage Podcast
Financing Future Trends in Storage With George Koutsonicolis, SOLIC Capital - Battery + Storage Podcast
Distributed Generation 2.0: What You Need to Know
Podcast - Eficiencia Energética
The Future of the Hydrogen Industry
How Battery Technology Is Changing the Game
The United States Energy Information Administration (“EIA”) issued a September 5th report titled: Batteries are a Fast-Growing Secondary Electricity Source for the Grid (“Report”). The source of the data utilized in...more
Analyst Wood Mackenzie expects the U.S. community solar sector to add 7.3 GW of new capacity by 2029, which would push the total cumulative installed community solar capacity to above 14 GW, according to a recent report...more
In this episode of the Battery + Storage Podcast, host Bill Derasmo speaks with Julia Souder, CEO of the Long Duration Energy Storage Council (LDESC). Julia shares her creative background in the energy sector, which has...more
Chris Taufatofua, Partner, Vinson & Elkins, explains how technology innovation to identify alternatives to critical minerals can accelerate the wider energy transition. The accelerating rate of climate change and the...more
While the technology of battery energy storage has advanced rapidly, the law surrounding the permitting and siting of such systems has often been slow to catch up. As a consequence — whether due to local caution or local...more
The staged payment of purchase price is a near-universal feature of M&A in development-stage renewable energy and battery energy storage system (BESS) projects. In a typical sale, the buyer pays a comparatively small portion...more
BESS Opportunities in Chile Battery storage projects cannot come soon enough for Chile. While Chile has been at the forefront of renewable energy generation growth in Latin America for close to a decade, that growth has most...more
In recent years, the California Independent System Operator (“CAISO”) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ERCOT”) have experienced rapid growth and deployment of utility-scale and distributed electric storage...more
The Solar Energy Industries Association (“SEIA”) issued a November, 2023 report titled: “Energizing American Battery Storage Manufacturing” (“Report”) SEIA describes the report as a comprehensive...more
On October 19, 2023, FERC accepted ISO New England Inc.’s (“ISO-NE”) proposal to allow electric storage facilities to be planned and operated as transmission-only assets (“SATOAs”) to address system needs identified in the...more
On July 28, 2023, in response to three separate fires at Battery Energy Storage System (“BESS”) locations in New York, Governor Kathy Hochul announced the creation of an inter-agency fire safety working group. The Fire...more
This week, Bill Derasmo and Sakuu Senior Vice President of E-Mobility and Product Arwed Niestroj discuss Sakuu’s transformative 3D-printing battery technology that enables customers to manufacture batteries with less capital...more
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC or Commission) is weighing party comments on implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 2143. Enacted last year, AB 2143 will take effect on January 1, 2024. This bill extends...more
Get ready to plug into the electrifying mind of Nora Brownell. This week, Bill sits down with the former FERC commissioner and current partner at Clean Energy Ventures to discuss everything FERC-land and beyond. Listen in as...more
The Massachusetts Attorney General recently issued a written opinion denying approval of a zoning bylaw amendment passed by the Town of Wendell, which would have prohibited stand-alone battery energy storage facilities in all...more
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has enacted market rule changes to make it easier for energy storage to provide grid ancillary services and help grid reliability....more
Form Energy Announces Development of Iron-Air Long-Duration Commercial Battery Product On 22 July 2021, Form Energy, Inc. (Form Energy) announced its first commercialized battery product will use iron-air technology and will...more
As battery energy storage systems become a more common element of renewable projects, developers are increasingly adding the need to obtain fire code permits to their list of necessary project permits and approvals. Yet...more
On October 1, 2020, the fourth edition of the Equator Principles came into effect. This fourth edition expands the scope of infrastructure projects that are captured by the principles and creates additional obligations for...more
On September 1, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC” or “Commission”) issued an order breaking with decades of precedent regarding how it will determine whether a renewable resource is eligible for...more
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (“Commission”) approved Liberty Utilities (Granite State Electric) Corp d/b/a Liberty Utilities (“Liberty Utilities”) petition to undertake a battery storage pilot program through...more
A hot new area for the development of energy efficiency storage technology is refrigeration. Last month, this blog covered the recent success of Mintz Levin client Axiom Exergy. Axiom’s focus on lowering the costs of...more
In May, Mintz Levin client Axiom Exergy closed an impressive $7.6 million Series A round to scale its cold-storage device for grocery stores, bringing its total fundraising to $12.5 million. Led by Shell Ventures and GXP...more
Federal and state government mandates and incentives, combined with technological advances, have dramatically increased renewable energy sources during the past decade. Variable renewable energy sources such as solar and wind...more
Renewable Energy Focus - Tesla opens Gigafactory to expand battery production and sales NBC News - Jul 27 - It's Tesla Motors' biggest bet yet: a $5 billion factory in the Nevada desert that could nearly...more