ACWA Power has agreed to deploy wind energy and battery capacity to help power what is claimed will be the Middle East and Africa region’s ‘first battery gigafactory.’
A double header of news from Sweden, with BESS developer-operator Ingrid Capacity launching what it claimed is the largest project in the Nordics, and optimiser Flower completing a Series A.
IPP and energy trader Monsson has kicked off the environmental permit process for a 2GWh BESS project in Romania, which an executive said will use its own patented energy storage solution.
The viability of many hydroelectric power stations, including pumped hydro energy storage (PHES), in Tasmania, Australia, may “come into question” in the future, given the island’s lack of interconnectivity with the mainland.
A double-header of large-scale solar and storage project news from Arizona, US, with PPAs between Recurrent Energy and utility APS, and developer Avantus selling a co-located project to D. E. Shaw.
A 100MW thermal solar and molten salt energy storage system in Xinjiang, China, is set to be completed and grid-connected by the end of the year, part of a project which has deployed conventional solar PV.
Campbell, California-based utility-scale solar and storage developer RAI Energy has commenced permitting for a hybrid solar and storage facility located in Morgan County, Colorado, US.
System integrator Stem Inc has seen huge falls in quarterly revenue and bookings as it shifts its business model away from BESS hardware solutions towards higher-margin software and service offerings.
A roundup of news from the UK BESS market, with developers ILI, Aukera, and Apatura having projects achieve planning permission, along with IPP Lightsource bp and a data centre in Wales, from the pages of our sister site Solar Power Portal.
