Industry sources including ex-Fluence executives discuss what the next era for the rapidly-evolving BESS technology landscape looks like, including the move to AC blocks and changing battery cell sizes.
International Electric Power is proposing a long-duration energy storage project on the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California utilising Eos Energy Enterprises’s zinc cathode battery technology.
Aypa Power has negotiated two resource adequacy agreements with Pacific Gas & Electric covering 500MW/2,000MWh of energy storage from two standalone BESS projects in the Californian cities of Industry and Irwindale.
The energy storage industry is seeing a significant shift “toward deeper integration of battery analytics into daily operations,” the CEO of ACCURE has said.
Vistra Energy has decided to pursue approval to construct a 600MW/2,400MWh BESS at the site of a retired power plant in the City of Morro Bay via the California Energy Commission (CEC).
CATL is the world’s largest lithium-ion manufacturer, and a major player in BESS too, and made headlines earlier this year when it claimed five years of ‘zero degradation’ for its new grid-scale product Tener.
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.
UK BESS fund Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has progressed the sale of its portfolio to the second round, a process which a source told us raises questions around listed funds’ role in the BESS industry.
Changes to the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) interconnection process have been approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) following months of scrutiny.
