A fire protection and emergency services provider in California, US, has introduced a mandatory risk mitigation payment system for solar PV and energy storage developers.

China continues to dominate BESS deployments globally with 4.3GW/11.2GWh of deployments in May, including a 1GWh flow battery system.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) held a public information meeting for Engie’s Compass project that drew huge interest.

Tim Buckley of Climate Energy Finance believes the Australian government’s new home BESS subsidy scheme will make it a ‘red-hot market’.

The Capacity Market (CM) in Germany will offer a new potential revenue stream for BESS, but not all developers and owner-operators are convinced.

A pinch under 6GWh of grid-scale BESS was approved for construction in the UK last month, bringing the total with planning consent to nearly 130GWh.

California CCA SDCP has amended the terms of two power purchase agreements relating to the two largest solar-plus-storage projects in its portfolio.

Matthew Biss looks at how energy storage companies plan and mitigate tariff and tax credit risks within an uncertain policy landscape.

Even during times of turmoil for the US renewable energy industry, IPPs are continuing to secure long-term offtake agreements in California.

Italy and Spain are set to soar as energy storage markets with multiple gigawatt-hours under construction and much more in the pipeline, but there are questions around the regulatory frameworks driving deployments in each country.