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William Driscoll

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Illinois to save consumers $12 billion over 20 years with battery storage Illinois is set to issue procurements for 3 GW of battery storage, under a bill expected to be signed by Governor JB Pritzker. Transmission improvements to speed renewable deployment are also in the works.
William Driscoll
Nov 07, 2025
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Grid-scale
Florida utility on pace to reach 93 GW solar, 50 GW storage by 2045 While utilities in neighboring states are “dabbling” with solar, Florida Power & Light is combining solar and storage as a “workhorse” technology, said a nonprofit executive.
William Driscoll
Nov 04, 2025
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Grid-scale
Rondo Energy’s 100 MWh solar-powered heat battery now operational Heat batteries for storing industrial heat can also be powered by low-cost grid electricity generated at sunny and windy hours, the company said.
William Driscoll
Oct 20, 2025
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Grid-scale
Chicago to New Jersey could face cold-weather load shedding by 2032 without 16 GW of batteries 'Without decisive action, millions of homes and businesses could face costly and dangerous reliability risks,' said the trade body which sponsored a Brattle Group study into the 13-state PJM grid, adding, 'Hundreds of storage projects are stalled in PJM’s interconnection queue.'
William Driscoll
Oct 16, 2025
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Distributed
Flexible interconnection an option to free up Californian grid for more storage, solar The state has given developers the option of limiting grid electricity feed-in from their projects at specified times, to ease network congestion. Now, just the hardware required to flexibly control output is needed…
William Driscoll
Sep 30, 2025
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Grid-scale
US electricity body: Deploy grid-forming batteries now to avoid costly infrastructure later Large-scale batteries with grid-forming software can sustain grid reliability as renewables replace synchronous fossil fuel generators, according to a report from the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG). The study focuses on test procedures to validate grid-forming capabilities.
William Driscoll
Sep 19, 2025
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Grid-scale
Under-used PJM grid interconnection points could fast-track 24 GW of storage Researchers believe the nation’s largest grid operator could enable deployment of much-needed renewables capacity within two years.
William Driscoll
Aug 28, 2025
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Distributed
100,000 residential batteries in California tested as one distributed power plant A statewide test showed how California’s residential batteries could perform routinely when the sun is going down and the grid is challenged.
William Driscoll
Aug 06, 2025
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Fire risk and safety
Propagation of lithium-ion fires is the real threat Live fire tests aim to demonstrate physical containment technology.
William Driscoll
May 23, 2025

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