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.

US renewable energy developer, Longroad Energy announced financial close of 111MWdc solar and 85MWac/340MWh storage project Sun Pond in Maricopa County, Arizona 4 December.

Dallas, Texas-based independent power producer (IPP) Stellar Renewable Power has secured a Special Use Permit (SUP) to construct and operate a 1GW/4GWh BESS project co-located with a 1GW solar farm in Navajo County, Arizona.

Continuing a series of deals in Arizona, Salt River Project and EDPR NA have announced a 200MW/800MWh BESS near Coolidge, Arizona.  

Strata Clean Energy has signed another tolling agreement with utility Arizona Public Service (APS) for a large-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

Primergy has secured US$225 million in project financing to support its “Valley of Fire” project portfolio across Nevada, Arizona and Colorado.

EDF Renewables North America has signed a utility power purchase agreement (PPA) for a new battery storage project in Arizona.

A double-header of large-scale solar and storage project news from Arizona, US, with PPAs between Recurrent Energy and utility APS, and developer Avantus selling a co-located project to D. E. Shaw.

Specialist renewable energy insurance company kWh Analytics considers thermal runaway to still be the single most important risk that energy storage system developers must consider.

Danish renewable energy company Ørsted and US utility Salt River Project (SRP) have confirmed that their 300MW solar-plus-storage project in Pinal County, Arizona, has commenced operations.