The window for nominations for the inaugural Energy Storage Awards is closing, but there are still a few days left before it slams shut.

Reducing exposure to merchant risk is key to making banks comfortable with lending money for hybrid renewables-plus-storage projects.

US developer D. E. Shaw has broken ground on a 200MW solar, 100MW battery storage project in New Mexico, set to come online in 2024.

Investor DIF and renewable energy optimiser Pexapark have announced what they claim is the UK’s ‘first bankable and unsubsidised co-located PPA’, for a solar and storage project.

London-based investor NextEnergy Capital has closed a US$480 million tranche of investment in its NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG) fund, which is targeting solar and battery storage.

A 290MW coal plant in Colombia will be entirely converted into a renewable energy site using a combination of solar PV and battery storage.

Ontario and Alberta account for the bulk of Canada’s installed, planned and proposed large-scale energy storage today. The rest of the country can lean on the experiences and lessons learned, Andy Colthorpe hears from developers and expert voices.

Construction has begun on a 30MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Finland, developed by Glennmont Partners, local IPP Ilmatar, and deployed by ESS firm Alfen.

Finance institutions GMO and PIDG will finance a first battery storage project in Senegal dedicated to frequency regulation, the first in the region, project developer Africa REN claimed.

Spain-based Ingeteam supplied the power conversion and inverter equipment for the first phase of a 1GW solar-plus-storage project in Mexico, the country’s largest.