We hear from US distributed and C&I solar and storage developer-operator Convergent Energy and Power about its financing, its pipeline and strategy, as it and Scale Microgrids both announce US$150 million multi-project bank financing deals.
Eolian has pulled plans for a 100MW/400MWh standalone BESS facility that was proposed for the Town of Catskill in Greene County, New York, following a drawn-out permitting process with the local planning authority.
The energy regulator in Greece has cancelled the country’s third large-scale energy storage procurement auction due to confusion over limits on how much power capacity could be bid in per participant, with a view to relaunching the scheme.
Solar PV developer Lightsource bp has started construction on two solar-plus-storage projects in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia, following success in the first tender of the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS).
Lithium-ion battery storage system integrator Fluence and iron-air battery startup Form Energy have completed fire safety and explosion testing of energy storage technologies.
Canadian-headquartered developer-operator Aypa Power announced successful close of a US$398 million financing package for the 250MW/1,000MWh Pediment BESS project.
The government of California has approved a US$42 million grant to Pennsylvania-based IPP International Electric Power (IEP) for a long-duration energy storage project at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, in San Diego County.
The Planning and Development Services Department at California’s Imperial County has prepared initial environmental assessment documents for a 800MW hybrid solar and BESS facility proposed by developer RAI Energy.
