A flurry of big solar and storage project news in the US, with Pine Gate Renewables having a huge project approved in Oregon, Avantus signing a PPA for one in Arizona with utility APS and Arevon completing one in California.
Vanadium flow batteries could be a workable alternative to lithium-ion for a growing number of grid-scale energy storage use cases, say Matt Harper and Joe Worthington from Invinity Energy Systems.
San Antonio, Texas utility CPS Energy and developer OCI Energy entered into a long-term storage capacity agreement (SCA) for a 120MW/480MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) 6 December.
IPP Nofar Energy has agreed a Flexibility Purchase Agreement (FPA) for a 209MWh BESS project in Germany, the first of its kind in Continental Europe, it claimed.
The US battery storage market is in a rapid growth phase and becoming increasingly competitive, creating an increasing need for sophisticated technologies and a deeper understanding of markets.
A large-scale hybrid project has been connected to the grid in China, combining BESS and supercapacitor technology to provide numerous services to the grid including black start.
