American Electric Power subsidiary seeks up to 500MW of renewables and energy storage in PJM market
Battery storage projects may be either standalone or colocated with renewable generation and must account for 20% of nameplate capacity if colocated.
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Southern Power retrofitting 640MWh of battery storage at two California solar power stations
US wholesale energy provider Southern Power is adding battery energy storage to two solar sites in California.
Israel could arrive at 8GWh of energy storage ‘well before 2030 goal’
An auction for solar-plus-storage held in Israel by the country’s Electricity Authority (PUA) awarded 609MW of solar PV alongside 2.4GWh of energy storage.
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Energy-Storage.news’ most-read blogs of the year 2020
Here’s the top-ranking blogs from 2020 on the website, based on page views.
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South Africa’s 2GW Risk Mitigation tender and what it means for energy storage, renewables and gas
South Africa’s Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy is conducting a fairly unique procurement programme for 2GW of energy capacity, to come from a "range of energy source technologies". Clean Horizon head of market analysis, Corentin Baschet, spoke to Andy Colthorpe about what the “almost technology agnostic” tender aims to do and the type of companies and projects likely to be successful in it.
California community group contracts for 260MWh of batteries to help keep lights on in dark times
A community choice energy provider run by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in California has signed contracts for battery storage with EDF Renewables and NextEra Energy totalling 260MWh, to be deployed in combination with solar PV.
California community energy group signs PPA for 400MW / 540MWh solar-plus-storage plant
Clean Power Alliance, one of California’s community choice aggregator (CCA) groups has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with developer 8minute Solar Energy for the output of a massive solar-plus-storage plant.
NextEra’s next era in California could see 2,700MW of batteries installed by 2024
US wholesale electricity supplier NextEra Energy Resources has said 700MW of contracted battery energy storage resources it will deploy in California within two years could be followed by a further 2,000MW pipeline of battery projects under development in the state.
RFP from Warren Buffet-owned utility PacifiCorp targets 600MW of energy storage alongside PV, wind
US utility firm PacifiCorp has launched its largest request for proposals for energy projects yet, seeking bids for more than 1.8GW of new solar and 600MW of battery energy storage.
Hawaiian Electric’s tender winners announce another 1,075MWh of battery plans
Another three developers with more than a gigawatt-hour of wins in Hawaiian Electric’s (HECO’s) massive solar-plus-storage and standalone energy storage tenders have gone public with size and location details of their proposed projects.
PV Tech ROUNDUP: 8minute’s 3GW pipeline add, Sungrow’s ESS revenues up, First Solar PPA
Recent news in brief from around the world in energy storage - this edition is collected from the pages of our sister site PV Tech.
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Battery storage at US$20/MWh? Breaking down low-cost solar-plus-storage PPAs in the USA
In this article, experts at consultancy Apricum examine with some simple “reverse engineering” how recent low solar-plus-storage PPAs in the USA were achieved, yet another example of the competitiveness of energy storage and new market opportunities emerging via storage-plus-renewables projects.
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PV and ESS in Japan’s changing energy market landscape
It has always been anticipated that by the early 2020s, the feed-in tariff would have tapered away in Japan’s booming solar market. Andy Colthorpe speaks with analyst Izumi Kaizuka at RTS Corporation to learn more about what the future holds for post-subsidy solar in Japan.
‘Breakthrough’ California solar-plus-storage project bought by Capital Dynamics
Asset manager Capital Dynamics has purchased the mammoth Eland solar-plus-storage complex under development by 8minute Solar Energy in California.
India’s 1.2GW tender pits dispatchable renewables as viable alternative to conventional power
The state-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) issued at the beginning of the month a tender for 1,200MW of renewable power that can be used to alleviate peak demand issues on the grid, in effect mandating the use of energy storage systems (ESS).
California wildfires, bankruptcy create uncertainty over PG&E’s renewables and storage future
Uncertainty persists around the impact bankruptcy proceedings brought about at investor-owned utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) could have on renewables contracts and energy storage projects as it faces “extensive litigation” and “significant liabilities” for California wildfires.
EDF signs PPAs for huge California solar-plus-storage project
Two community energy suppliers in California followed up an agreement to buy power from a large-scale solar-plus-storage farm with another, project developer EDF Renewables has announced.
California community groups sign PPAs for Canadian Solar’s 150MW / 180MWh PV-plus-storage project
Two community energy groups in California have partnered to buy the energy output of a 150MW solar farm with 180MWh of battery energy storage from Recurrent Energy, the US-based utility-scale solar project developer subsidiary of Canadian Solar.
Hawaiian island’s first-ever project locks in 22-year PPA at 17 Cents per kWh
Hawaii has been a prolific installer of both rooftop solar and latterly batteries for energy storage and one of the US state’s smaller islands looks set to get its first ever grid-scale solar-plus-storage system.
Utility PPA secured for first community solar-plus-storage project in Massachusetts
The addition of energy storage has made a 1MW community rooftop solar project in Massachusetts viable, after a long-term PPA was secured with a local utility.
Time running out to apply for 300MW of Thai hybrid PPAs with ‘continuous baseline’ requirements
Submissions for Thailand’s first 300MW hybrid PPA scheme, which encourages use of energy storage to supplement renewable energy generation, are due by 20 October.
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Dispatchable solar, strong growth to come: An analyst’s take on Middle East’s energy storage future
Interest in energy storage in the Middle East is ‘ramping up significantly’, as we reported last week in an extract from this interview with IHS Markit analyst Julian Jansen. His firm is forecasting 1.8GW of energy storage for the region by 2025 – from an installed base of next-to-nothing today. Jansen talked us through some of the drivers, market dynamics and the general picture of what we might see developing.
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VIDEO: Why simply ‘transposing’ solar or wind financing structures can’t work for
While parallels are often drawn between the solar and storage industries, financing energy storage projects is a lot more complex than simply “transposing” learnings from solar to batteries.