The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has continued its 2024 energy storage deployment charge after it cleared 650MW worth of battery storage capacity for commercial operation during the month of June, according to the system operator’s monthly generation interconnection status report. 

Turkey-based developer and IPP Fortis Energy has acquired a solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Serbia.

IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has closed financing for the 1.2GWh BESS portion of its Atrisco solar and storage project in New Mexico, USA.

Hybrid power plants are the future of the energy market, but smart hardware needs to be supported with smart optimisation, write Isabella Caschetto and Dominic Multerer of CAMOPO.

Honduras has launched a consultation on regulatory changes to its electricity network to help better integrate energy storage, which it said is key to maintaining stability, efficiency and sustainability of the network.

The latest Firm Dispatchable Renewable Energy (FDRE) tender, hosted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), has selected winners.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has granted US independent power producer (IPP) BrightNight approval to connect its Mortlake Energy Hub, which includes solar and storage facilities, to the Victoria grid.

Renewables developer Clearway Energy Group has closed a US$700 million construction financing on a portfolio of solar and storage projects in California, US.

The US Department of Energy has issued a loan of up to US$861.3 million to support 200MW solar PV and 285MW/1,140MWh BESS in Puerto Rico.

The CPUC has proposed the procurement of over 10GW of new energy resources, including 1GW of multi-day long-duration energy storage (LDES) and another 1GW of 12-hour-plus LDES.