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ROUNDUP: US DER news on vehicle-to-grid, microgrids and grid services from residential batteries

August 19, 2022
This edition of news in brief focuses on recent developments in the US distributed energy resources (DER) market.
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EDF Renewables brings online 620MWdc multi-stage PV project with 200MWh BESS in California

August 18, 2022
EDF Renewables North America has fully commissioned Palen Solar, a multi-stage solar PV project on public lands in California.
Rendering of a proposed battery gigafactory in Subotica, Serbia. Image: ElevenES.

‘Nearly all’ lithium battery gigafactory projects in Europe face delays, while CATL announces second facility

August 18, 2022
Many of the battery gigafactory projects in Europe are likely to see delays, Energy-Storage.news has heard.
ReNew Power CEO, chairman and founder Sumant Sinha visits one of the company's wind projects in Jagalur, India. Image: ReNew Power via Twitter.

ReNew Power claims India’s ‘biggest ever’ finance deal made for battery-backed renewable energy project

August 18, 2022
US$1 billion financing has been secured for ‘Round-The-Clock’ renewables, claimed as India’s biggest single-project clean energy deal.
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Clearway inaugurates Hawaiian island’s first large-scale solar-plus-storage plant

August 17, 2022
Clearway Energy Group has brought online the first ever utility-scale solar-plus-storage project on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu.
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230MW BESS comes online at Bureau of Land Management site in California

August 17, 2022
A 230MW battery energy storage system (BESS) from NextEra Energy Resources, part of a large solar-plus-storage project, has come online in California.
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Energy storage industry hails ‘transformational’ Inflation Reduction Act

August 17, 2022
President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act yesterday, bringing with it measures expected to boost prospects for energy storage.
Workers at one of the utility's existing PV plants in Chile. Image: Colbún

Chilean utility Colbún submits plans for co-located 1.2GWh BESS at solar PV plant

August 16, 2022
Chilean utility Colbún has submitted plans for a solar-plus-storage project with a 1.2GWh battery energy storage system (BESS)
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BlackRock commits AU$1 billion capital for Australian battery storage developer’s 1GW buildout

August 16, 2022
A real estate and infrastructure investment arm of BlackRock has committed to investing US$700 million into Akaysha Energy’s pipeline.
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Inflation Reduction Act passes: Climate action, energy security, and economic recovery start today

August 15, 2022
Energy storage is ready to become a key pillar of the US energy transition, writes Andy Tang of Wärtsilä Energy.

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