California’s Home Solar Mandate pulls together roofer PetersenDean and Enphase
US construction and home improvement company PetersenDean has selected Enphase’s equipment including battery storage for its solar home offerings.
Policy
‘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.
#SmartSolarStorage2020: Massachusetts city saves big cash on power costs
NEC and developer Kearsage Energy have completed work on a 4.5MW solar PV array, combined with a 1.6MW / 2.8MWh AC-coupled battery energy storage system in Amesbury, Massachusetts.
Interviews
#ESSummit2020: Pivot Power says ‘the hint is in the name’ when it comes to revenue agility
Pivot Power is keeping an eye on solutions other than lithium-ion, but chief executive Matt Allen stressed the need to focus on the now and deploy chemistries that are "ready and investable".
PODCAST: The energy transition in the Middle East, VPPs in Italy and coal’s diminishing status
In today’s episode, ESN’s Andy Colthorpe and Liam Stoker explore the way grids are changing in the Middle East to accommodate clean energy, the role virtual power plants are playing in Italy, and the contrasting role coal is playing in Germany and bush fire-stricken Australia.
India’s national budget: IESA makes recommendations to support both industry and policy aims
Recommendations made to the government of India as it prepares to publish its union budget for 2020 from industry group India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA) include measures to support both the upstream of industry and the downstream of clean energy deployment.
Virtual power plants: Enel X’s aggregated home storage goes into action in Italy
A regulatory framework put in place by Italy’s grid operator TERNA has enabled Enel X to aggregate residential energy storage systems to pool their capabilities.
Energy storage to be included in Portugal’s follow-up to ‘record-breaking’ solar auction
Portugal is already speeding up work to follow its record-breaking solar auction of 2019 with a fresh tender this year.
Asian Development Bank spells out solar hybrids plan for the Maldives
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Environment Ministry of the Maldives have launched a plan to roll out solar–battery–diesel hybrids across 48 islands.
India tenders for ‘hybrid renewables’ and floating solar with energy storage
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has issued tenders for 1.2GW of wind and solar hybrid capacity as well as 4MW of floating PV with 2MW/1MWh of battery storage.
ROUNDUP: House of Representatives’ net zero plan, ESS for EVs, €100m energy transition fund
This week's roundup includes energy storage-relevant news from across Solar Media's publishing stable.
Post-subsidy UK market pulls in Danish investor for 500MW solar-storage pipeline
A new joint venture between a UK-based asset manager and a Danish renewables investor has been signed to fund a 500MW solar and storage pipeline in the UK.
A tale of two states: New York, West Virginia Governors’ contrasting energy perspectives
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s annual State of the State Address has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to combating climate change and growing the green economy, while West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s address spoke of “fighting” to retain coal jobs.
Enel X awarded Italy contracts as grid operator ramps up energy storage commitment
Italy’s electric system operator, Terna, approved contracts for dozens of megawatts (MWs) of energy storage facilities to serve grid-balancing applications each month throughout 2019.
First utility-scale battery joins Ireland’s feted DS3 flexibility market
Statkraft is laying claim to the first utility-scale battery in the Republic of Ireland with the completion of an 11MW project.
‘No time to waste’: #StorageITC remains top 2020 priority for ESA
It's by no means too late to introduce an effective Investment Tax Credit for energy storage, ESA CEO Kelly Speakes-Backman argues.