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<title>Viridi and Budderfly Scale Commercial Battery Storage to 100 Sites Nationwide</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Viridi, fail-safe battery energy storage systems (BESS) OEM, and energy-as-a-service company Budderfly have announced a nationwide deployment initiative that will bring Viridi's commercial battery energy storage systems to 100 Budderfly-managed commercial sites across the United States. <a href="http://morningstar.com/news/pr-newswire/20260617ph85313/viridi-and-budderfly-scale-commercial-battery-storage-to-100-sites-nationwide">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SRP and Aypa Power Bring New Battery Storage System Online to Strengthen Grid Reliability</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Salt River Project and Aypa Power's Pediment Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), a 250-megawatt (MW)/ 1,000-megawatt-hour (MWh) project, located in Mesa, Arizona is now online and serving customers. <a href="https://media.srpnet.com/srp-and-aypa-power-bring-new-battery-storage-system-online-to-strengthen-grid-reliability/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ESS adds 8.5 GWh of sodium-ion to its battery storage portfolio</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">The Oregon-based company said it signed a letter of intent with Malden, Massachusetts-based Alsym Energy to add 8.5 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of sodium-ion battery cells and modules to its portfolio. <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/05/06/ess-adds-8-5-gwh-of-sodium-ion-to-its-battery-storage-portfolio/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Qcells partners Jabil in US for domestic content residential battery storage manufacturing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Qcells has introduced its first domestically assembled residential battery energy storage system (BESS) to the US market. <a href="https://www.energy-storage.news/qcells-partners-jabil-in-us-for-domestic-content-residential-battery-storage-manufacturing/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Electrovaya eyes move into energy storage</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Now, with the first phase of Electrovaya’s Gigafactory in Ellicott open and construction on the rest of the facility underway, Electrovaya is showing signs of moving beyond simply making batteries. <a href="https://www.post-journal.com/news/top-stories/2026/05/electrovaya-eyes-move-into-energy-storage/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New Energy New York of Binghamton University Awards Over $314K to advance U.S. Battery Technology</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">New Energy New York (NENY), led by Binghamton University in partnership with the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST), is proud to announce the four recipients of the fourth round of the NENY Technical Assistance Program. <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/05/21/3299416/0/en/new-energy-new-york-of-binghamton-university-awards-over-314k-to-advance-u-s-battery-technology.html">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Con Edison to spend $29B shoring up NYC area grid as electrification rises</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">New York City and its suburbs are not seeing an influx of data centers like other parts of the country, but building and transportation electrification is driving gradual demand growth. <a href="https://www.utilitydive.com/news/con-edison-to-spend-29b-shoring-up-nyc-area-grid-as-electrification-rises/819865/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hydrostor to enter A-CAES project into Ontario LDES procurement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Long-duration energy storage (LDES) developer-operator Hydrostor intends to enter its compressed air storage project into Ontario, Canada’s recently announced LDES procurement. <a href="https://www.energy-storage.news/hydrostor-to-enter-a-caes-project-into-ontario-ldes-procurement/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BayWa r.e. tapped to operate 137-MW German battery project</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">German renewables developer and operator BayWa r.e. has signed an eight-year service contract with Denmark’s Scale Fund for the 137-MW/282-MWh Alfeld battery energy storage system (BESS) under construction in Lower Saxony, Germany. <a href="https://renewablesnow.com/news/baywa-r-e-tapped-to-operate-137-mw-german-battery-project-1294498/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Projects across New York working to incorporate more battery power</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Viridi BESS projects in Erie County are helping to streamline energy usage to cut costs. <a href="https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2026/04/24/projects-in-new-york-working-in-more-battery-power">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Ray­mond Cor­por­a­tion charges the bat­tery eco­sys­tem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">At Ray­mond’s Energy Solu­tions Man­u­fac­tur­ing Cen­ter of Excel­lence in Kirk­wood, the com­pany has fully com­mit­ted to lith­ium-ion bat­ter­ies, which they both design and assemble them­selves. <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/usa/democrat-chronicle/20260517/282355456381024">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Air conditioning battery program for renters could help manage grid stress</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Every Electric is operating a renter-friendly pilot program in New York City utilizing plug-in batteries that can power air conditioners offline during peak demand, helping take pressure off the grid at its most stressed moments while still keeping residents cool. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/air-conditioning-virtual-power-plant-heat-waves-26ebb0eafe344a661bf722a99a070371">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>$6 Million Awarded to Integrate Electric Vehicles Into New York’s Electric Grid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">NYSERDA recently announced that over $6 million has been awarded to seven projects to advance technologies that can help integrate electric vehicles efficiently into New York’s electric grid. <a href="https://www.nyserda.ny.gov/About/Newsroom/2026-Announcements/2026-05-21-NYSERDA-Announces-Over-6-Million-Awarded-To-Integrate-EVs-Into-NY-Grid">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>New York Homeowners Can Get Paid To Invest In Battery Storage</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Homeowners in New York state are eligible for incentives to purchase home energy management and battery storage systems from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) and virtual power plant (VPP) programs provided by National Grid’s ConnectedSolutions and Orange &amp; Rockland Utilities’ Smart Savers Battery Program. <a href="https://cleantechnica.com/2026/03/31/new-york-homeowners-can-get-paid-to-invest-in-battery-storage/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>‘No one cares about analytics. They care about outcomes.’: ACCURE on US BESS performance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Energy-Storage.news interviewed to Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies, CEO and co-founder of ACCURE Battery Intelligence recently about all things battery analytics. <a href="https://www.energy-storage.news/no-one-cares-about-analytics-they-care-about-outcomes-accure-on-us-bess-performance/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Viridi&apos;s RPSLinkIN Battery Energy Storage System Receives UL 9540 Listing from TÜV Rheinland</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Viridi's RPSLinkIN 480V system has received UL 9540 Listing from TÜV Rheinland, one of the most widely recognized safety standards for energy storage systems in North America. <a href="http://prnewswire.com/news-releases/viridis-rpslinkin-battery-energy-storage-system-receives-ul-9540-listing-from-tuv-rheinland-302744069.html?tc=eml_cleartime">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>National Grid, GridCARE partnership could cut ‘time to power’ for large loads in New York</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">The initiative aims to boost grid utilization and keep bills in check in a region that has drawn high-profile data center and advanced manufacturing projects. <a href="https://www.utilitydive.com/news/national-grid-gridcare-partnership-could-cut-time-to-power-for-large-loa/816344/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 19:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>NSF Energy Storage Engine enters second phase with ambitious plans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">The National Science Foundation Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York, which aims to transform upstate into America’s battery tech capital, will receive $45 million over three years for the second phase of the program. <a href="https://www.binghamton.edu/news/story/6136/nsf-energy-storage-engine-enters-second-phase-with-ambitious-plans">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 18:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Form Energy signs 12GWh agreement to supply multi-day iron-air batteries to new US AI data centres</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Continuing a busy 2026 so far for the US multi-day energy storage startup, Form Energy announced it has signed a 12GWh supply agreement in the US for its iron-air batteries with AI data centre infrastructure developer Crusoe. <a href="https://www.energy-storage.news/form-energy-signs-12gwh-agreement-to-supply-multi-day-iron-air-batteries-to-new-us-ai-data-centres/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 18:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>MicroGrid Networks secures Palisade investment for NYC BESS projects</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">MicroGrid Networks (MGN) has secured investment from Palisade Infrastructure to install battery energy storage systems across New York City (NYC), US. <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microgrid-networks-secures-palisade-investment-113428436.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIGtrq-6sUEXOxkeqy37Lt4_bPppOqB8Ym-VCp-LzFI9G2GE0IQ_C0CRqn20N0LV2idMFOeQOU0GgKIp-66omfcsYtUUlC3zQ-xR04_kdefWUpiVRwUXW1S31VUfO2IBESw225-Vz_1eJCTOIwoYtoCfA-iQbNouB0w0EhDT7mju">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
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<title>	 Battery energy storage systems: Your questions answered</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">The Adirondack Park Agency approved one utility-sized battery energy storage system so far. But towns are passing moratoriums delaying their builds. So what are battery storage systems and why is the state promoting them? <a href="https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/environment/energy/battery-energy-storage-systems-your-questions-answered/">Click here to read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 1 Jul 2026 18:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lawmakers Join Battery Developers in Fight With ConEd Over NYC’s Grid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">ConEd says New York’s battery boom could overload the grid. The industry and its allies are pushing back. <a href="https://nysfocus.com/2026/03/13/coned-battery-storage-nyc">Read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Can a big battery help Boston save billions on the power grid? Maybe.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">Jupiter Power's 700 MW Trimount battery project, four miles north of Boston, could spur grid planners and operators to take another look at the concept of using storage as a transmission asset. <a href="https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/can-big-battery-help-boston-power-grid">Read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gigantic Form Energy battery to power Google data center in Minnesota</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">The startup has struck a deal with Xcel Energy to build a 30 gigawatt-hour battery plant that will deliver clean energy, round the clock, to a Google facility. <a href="https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/batteries/gigantic-form-energy-battery-google-minnesota">Read more.</a></span>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>This New York pump station ditched diesel for battery backup</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; background-color: #ffffff;">A wastewater pumping station in Erie County, New York, is now running backup power on a Viridi battery storage system instead of a diesel generator, and local officials say it could cut costs, emissions, and maintenance headaches. <a href="https://electrek.co/2026/02/19/this-new-york-pump-station-ditched-diesel-for-battery-backup/">Read more.</a></span>]]></description>
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