Recurrent Energy has closed a construction financing for an energy storage project in Arizona. Meanwhile, Cypress Creek Renewables has reached financial close for its solar-plus-storage project in Colorado.
A roundup of large-scale European BESS project news, with Principia completing a project in Greece, Repono buying one in Romania, Kyon choosing optimisers for two in Germany and Voltalia and NGEN targeting Portugal.
Leading energy storage technology companies, developers, operators and outstanding individuals are featured on the shortlists for this year’s Energy Storage Awards (ESAs).
A flurry of BESS news from companies operating across Germany and the Netherlands, with utility Lichtblick launching construction on a 470MWh project in Saxony, Giga Storage inaugurating a project in Amsterdam, and cross-border BESS platform Return raising €300 million.
The non-profit Energy Policy Design Institute (EPDI) has launched the Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Convergence Project, with an advisory group that includes Jigar Shah, former director of the US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office.
Production has begun at a battery energy storage system (BESS) factory designated as a project of strategic importance by the European Commission (EC) due to its use of local supply chains.