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A 2023 ribbon-cutting to inaugurate an Ormat BESS project in Bowling Green, Ohio, US. Image: Ormat Technologies.

Ormat signs California BESS agreement in shift from merchant to contracted revenues

July 25, 2024
US renewable energy company Ormat Technologies has signed a 15-year contract for an 80MW/320MWh BESS project in California.
SRP's BESS resources include Plus Power's Sierra Estrella project (pictured), Arizona's largest standalone BESS to date. Image: Salt River Project

Utility offtake agreement signed for gigawatt-hour scale BESS project in Arizona

July 24, 2024
Arizona utility Salt River Project has signed agreement for dispatch rights to 250MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project.
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Japan: Expert panel discusses BESS market growth, opportunities and challenges

July 24, 2024
Japan is one of the most talked-about emerging grid-scale energy storage markets in Asia, and featured prominently at the Energy Storage Summit Asia.
The project could be amongst the largest PHES sites in the UK. Image: SSE Renewables.

SSE Renewables plans 18GW/37GWh pumped hydro energy storage project in Scotland, UK

July 24, 2024
SSE Renewables has revealed plans to progress a 1.8GW pumped hydro project at Loch Fearna, Scotland, UK.
Rendering of Enervenue's nickel-hydrogen battery-based energy storage system. Image: Enervenue.

Corporate funding for energy storage more than doubles year-on-year in first half of 2024

July 23, 2024
According to Mercom Capital, companies in the energy storage space raised US$15.4 billion in corporate funding globally in the first half of 2024.
Japan is targeting for 36% to 38% of its electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030, up from about 20% today. Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media

Japanese government selects battery aggregators for JPY9 billion subsidy scheme

July 23, 2024
The Japanese government has published the list of battery aggregators that successfully applied to a scheme to promote energy storage systems.
Redelfi chairman David Sommariva rings the bell as the group listed on the Milan Borsa Italiana EuroNext exchange in 2022. Image: Redelfi via LinkedIn

Italy’s Redelfi spots US BESS opportunities, US’ Bluestar Energy Capital goes in opposite direction

July 22, 2024
Italian renewables company Redelfi has launched an energy storage development platform in the US, while US investor Bluestar Energy Capital has entered the European market.
An AI-generated, tongue-in-cheek promo image for Peak Energy, showcasing the company's targeting of the data centre market with its Na-ion products. Image: Peak Energy.

Sodium-ion startup Peak Energy closes Series A, targets mass production in 2027

July 19, 2024
Peak Energy, a startup claiming to be the ‘first American venture to advance globally proven sodium-ion battery systems,’ has raised US$55 million in a Series A funding round.
Tesla recently signed a 15.3GWh multi-year Megapack supply deal with US developer Intersect Power. Pictured is one of Intersect's project sites in Texas where Megapack units can be seen during installation. Image: Intersect Power

Tesla signs 15.3GWh Megapack BESS supply deal with US developer

July 19, 2024
Tesla has agreed to supply US solar PV and energy storage developer Intersect Power with 15.3GWh of its Megapack battery storage solution.
Layout plan for the Recurrent-Windel Harker BESS site in Cumbria, North East England. Image: Recurrent Energy.

ROUNDUP: UK BESS and pumped hydro projects in planning and progress

July 19, 2024
Rounding up a busy week’s worth of energy storage activity from the UK market, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.

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