Following the recent notification, the Rajasthan government will develop 500MW/2,000MWh of standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) with a four-hour single-cycle configuration and extended operational life.
EDF Renewables has brought its 300MWh Milagro project online in New Mexico, while Enlight Renewable Energy has secured US$340 million in tax equity financing for its 940MWh Roadrunner project in Arizona.
BESS provider Sungrow and power firm Engie have connected the first phase of a 400MW/800MWh project, one of the largest in Europe, to the grid in Belgium.
WaterNSW, the state-owned water supplier to New South Wales, Australia, has selected three dams as suitable sites for pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) developments.
Investor-owned utility (IOU) Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) is seeking approval from the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) to construct a new eight-project portfolio of self-build energy assets.
Major US utility company Duke Energy has filed its biennial long-range energy modernisation plan for North and South Carolina, US. The plan includes a 5,600MW battery storage target.
Solar PV and energy storage firm Canadian Solar has entered into battery storage agreements (BSAs) and long-term services agreements (LTSAs) with Aypa Power for the Elora and Hedley battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Ontario, Canada.
The TSO of Italy has completed its first MACSE auctions for energy storage, procuring 10GWh of capacity at what the NHOA CEO called ‘exceptionally competitive prices’.
