CPS Energy, a municipal utility serving San Antonio, Texas, has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 500MW of energy storage projects.

Fluence president Americas John Zahurancik spoke with Energy-Storage.news at RE+ 2023 last week, discussing a broad range of industry talking points.

Developer Redeux Energy Partners has enlisted Marathon Capital to sell a solar and storage portfolio with 160MW/640MWh of battery storage in the MISO and SERC grid territories. 

Developer Terra-Gen will now investigate the cause of a fire at its Valley Center BESS in California, with public safety measures lifted and the incident considered “over”.

A multi-year offtake deal and technology partnership between Kore Power and Nidec were among the flurry of deals announced at RE+ last week.

Battery storage plays an important role in adding resilience to energy networks. But it should also be remembered that natural catastrophes can affect BESS resources too, writes Ross Kiddie of bespoke battery insurance company Altelium.

Inverter and BESS company Sungrow will supply a 60MW/132MWh system for an operational PV plant in Chile.

Geothermal and battery storage firm Ormat Technologies and lithium-ion manufacturer Gotion have agreed a multi-year supply deal totalling up to 750MWh.

Fastmarkets analysts Muthu Krishna and Phoebe O’Hara look at the potential of solid-state and sodium-ion batteries to scale up and ease the pressure on lithium-ion NMC and LFP battery chemistries, which currently dominate the EV and ESS markets.

Saft, arguably one of the pioneers of large-scale battery storage in the US, is putting efforts into regaining a presence in that market.