Ørsted has taken a final investment decision (FID) on a 250MW/500MWh BESS that will be co-located with one of the company’s operational solar facilities in Fort Bend County, Texas.
Renewable energy developers and IPPs discussed the growing attractiveness of co-locating storage and solar at Solar Finance & Investment Europe (SFIE) 2025 this week.
Grid constraints have prevented Chile from maximising the potential of its world-class solar resources. Energy storage has, therefore, become a necessity to ensure the financial viability of PV projects.
Singapore-headquartered renewable energy producer Vena Energy has added a 41.5MW battery energy storage system (BESS) to an existing 87MW solar PV power plant in South Australia.
Officials in Greene County, North Carolina will delay issuing a special use permit for the construction of a hybrid solar and BESS facility proposed by NextEra Energy Resources.
NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) has commenced the state permitting process for two hybrid solar and storage projects with a cumulative battery capacity of 250MW in Wisconsin, US.
Global solar developer Lightsource bp and Acen Australia have seen each of their respective solar-plus-storage projects in New South Wales, Australia, totalling 550MW of generation capacity, progress.
An “unbelievable appetite for clean energy” is pushing the developer of Gemini, the US’s largest co-located solar-plus-storage power plant, to pursue opportunities of a similar scale.
