AES Corporation has brought into commercial operation one of several large-scale renewable energy and battery storage projects in its development portfolio in Hawaii.
BESS developer and operator Plus Power has brought a 185MW/565MWh project online in Hawaii, US, which it claimed is the “most advanced grid-scale BESS in the world”.
Hawaii’s main utility Hawaiian Electric has entered into contract negotiations with the developers of 15 renewable energy projects, including solar, wind and a combined 2.1GWh of energy storage.
Utility Hawaiian Electric has finalised a plan to completely use renewable resources by 2045, including mid-term goals of adding renewables generation and rooftop solar by 2030.
The virtual power plant (VPP) network of residential solar and battery storage provider Sunrun in the US is being managed by Lunar Energy, a recently-formed firm in which Sunrun is a shareholder.
Independent power producer Clearway Energy Group has brought a 36MW solar PV plus 144MWh battery energy storage system project online in O’ahu, Hawaii, delivered by energy technology firm Wärtsilä.
Energy project integrator Ameresco and utility Bright Canyon Energy have broken ground on a solar and storage project with a 168MWh battery system at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex in Hawaii.
