US utility company Xcel Energy has received approval from Minnesota state regulators to build a 1GWh project in the state using Form Energy’s iron-air battery storage technology.
A roundup of battery storage news in the UK, with projects from Centrica, Pulse Clean Energy, Habitat Energy and Gore Street, as the country’s operational capacity reaches over 3GW.
Germany-based BESS integrator Intilion and its parent company Hoppecke have decided not to pursue a public listing because of the ‘current capital markets environment’.
California utility SDG&E has commissioned two projects totalling 171MW of battery storage, while system integrator Ameresco has secured contracts to deliver 379MWh for at four gas plants in the state.
South Africa needs to prioritise grid-located battery storage if it is to overcome the ongoing ‘load-shedding’ power outage crisis plaguing the country.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed a US$400 million loan to ENGIE Energía Chile S.A. (ENGIE Chile) to fund the installation of new Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS).
Hydrostor “remains fully committed” to its 4GWh advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project in California, its president told Energy-Storage.news as it considers alternative locations and delivery dates.
Ormat Technologies has signed a PPA for a California solar-plus-storage plant, shortly after announcing the start of commercial operations at two standalone battery projects.
London-based investor NextEnergy Capital has closed a US$480 million tranche of investment in its NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG) fund, which is targeting solar and battery storage.
