Since the Summer of 2022, the number of non-Balancing Mechanism - or ‘non-BM’ - registered battery energy storage units has been increasing. This has ended a long trend of operational batteries switching to the Balancing Mechanism.

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A beginner’s guide to the MISO capacity market

MISO's summer PRA price rose 22x to $666.50/MW-day in planning year 2025-26. Four-hour batteries earn ~$75/kW-year, but a 2028-29 reset looms.

How Britain built 20 GW of solar without a CfD

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How Britain built 20 GW of solar without a CfD

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Battery Buildout

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