Wells Fargo, MUFG and Silicon Valley Bank have completed US$260 million of construction financing for Leeward Renewable Energy’s Chaparral Springs solar-plus-storage project in California.

Caban Systems, a US battery tech company offering renewable energy solutions to critical infrastructure industries, has raised US$51 million.

Greenko, an Indian power producer creating a 24/7 renewable energy proposition has announced US$1.2 billion PHES project.

Google’s smart home division has joined a group of companies including Ford, Sunpower and Sunrun in founding a new partnership centred around scaling the market for virtual power plants (VPP).

International energy company RWE is about to take two battery storage projects virtually coupled with existing run-of-river hydroelectric plants into commercial operation in Germany.

Ncondezi Energy has secured a land agreement for its 300MW solar PV project in Tete, Mozambique.

Energy storage could be a powerful asset in facilitating transmission upgrades required for New York’s low carbon energy transition.

Agilitas Energy, a developer of distributed solar PV and energy storage with a focus on the north-east US, is our latest contributor.

New energy storage projects co-located with renewables in Spain will be eligible to have 40-65% of their investment costs covered under a government scheme launching in a week’s time.

Enel X will pilot battery storage systems at two shopping centres in Australia with commercial real estate group Vicinity Centres.