Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Jr attended as construction began on what is thought to be the world’s largest power plant to combine solar PV and battery storage.
France-headquartered IPP and utility EDF has secured financial close for the second and third of a three-project BESS portfolio in South Africa, projects that won long-term contracts under the country’s BESIPPPP scheme.
Victoria’s State Electricity Commission (SEC) and developers Wirsol and Edify Energy have seen a collective 1.4GWh of solar-plus-storage projects progress this week in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.
NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) has become the next IPP to seek approval of a renewable energy development incorporating battery storage via the California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) opt-in process, as permitted under Assembly Bill (AB) 205.
A roundup from a very busy fortnight of UK BESS news, with major project announcements from Field, Cero Generation, Fidra Energy, Sungrow, Green Nation and Low Carbon, as well as ESB and SSE news items from neighbouring Ireland.
The accelerating global demand for battery storage is driving the construction of factories in Southern Europe, and Soria, a province in the northeast of Spain, welcomes your proposals.
We hear from two platforms facilitating domestic content investment tax credit (ITC) deals in the US, tax credit deal ecosystem Crux and procurement platform Anza, on how far the incentive has penetrated the energy storage market.
Solar PV and BESS firm Canadian Solar will build a BESS and cell manufacturing facility in Kentucky, in a factory which was recently vacated by metal-hydrogen battery company EnerVenue.
Construction is underway on a 100MWh thermal energy storage project in Finland, using the same ‘Sand Battery’ technology as a 8MWh system which came online in 2022.
