We hear from US distributed and C&I solar and storage developer-operator Convergent Energy and Power about its financing, its pipeline and strategy, as it and Scale Microgrids both announce US$150 million multi-project bank financing deals.

A major upturn in US energy storage deployments is expected as a direct consequence of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Energy storage developer Convergent Energy and Power has deployed a 4MW/8MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) for Ford Motor’s engine plant in Ontario, Canada.

Convergent Energy + Power has signed a PPA with Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority for output from a solar-plus-storage power plant.

Holyoke Gas & Electric (HG&E) with a 5MW/15MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

Convergent Energy + Power has commissioned an industrial battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Ontario which could save the facility owner CA$450,000 (US$356,000) per megawatt on power costs during summer.

Energy storage developer Convergent Energy + Power has signed a long-term agreement with grocery store chain Tops Friendly Market for three large-scale community solar-plus-storage facilities in upstate New York.

Following on from our look at some of the takeovers of promising or already-prolific energy storage companies in the last edition of PV Tech Power, here’s an exclusive interview with Convergent Energy + Power CEO Johannes Ritterhausen.

Ontario’s policy of rewarding large users of energy that reduce their demand for grid energy at peak times has resulted in Shell New Energies announcing 21MWh of projects with Convergent Energy + Power.