Clean energy owner-operators Apex Clean Energy and esVolta have commissioned and put into commercial operation BESS projects in the ERCOT, Texas market, while second life BESS firm B2U has started building one in the state.
Following recent progress for long-duration energy storage projects in California, Terra-Gen has entered the fray with its huge 8GWh hybrid BESS project.
Energy-Storage.news Premium speaks with Sean McEvoy, President of North America at GridBeyond, following its optimisation of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund’s (GSF) Big Rock energy storage project.
Perhaps best known outside the US for peaches and its emergence as a rival to Hollywood, Georgia is also thirsty for electric capacity and has become a hub for battery manufacturing, writes Allan Oduor of Enertis Applus+.
Energy storage developer and system integrator Energy Vault has successfully closed a US$18 million financing for its Cross Trails battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Scurry County, Texas, US.
As the BESS industry matures, the trend towards a closening relationship between OEMs and project owners looks set to continue, but system integrators will continue to have a role to play.