A renewables-only subsidiary of utility Eneco and developer Energisto have revealed a battery energy storage system (BESS) joint venture in Germany, which expects construction permits for up to 400MWh of projects this year.

Developer Ethical Power has received planning consent for a 65MW solar-plus-storage project near Christchurch, New Zealand.

US-based independent power producer (IPP) NextEra and utility Entergy have revealed a five-year, 4.5GW development pipeline of solar and storage projects.

Developer Arevia Power has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a large solar-plus-storage project in Nevada, US, with local utility NV Energy.

Developer and EPC Eco Stor will start building another 103.5MW/238MWh BESS project in Germany in November this year.

The industry still has a lot of work to do on urban project development and navigating local permitting challenges, a senior executive of US developer-IPP RWE Clean Energy told Energy-Storage.news.

The Kern County, California hybrid facility will have the capability to generate up to 2GW of solar power co-located with up to 2GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, spanning approximately 12,875 acres of privately owned land.

Developers SENS and Callio have revealed a hybrid project in Finland which could combine a battery energy storage system (BESS), pumped hydro energy storage and solar PV technology.

A roundup of large-scale solar and storage news from across the US, with RWE buying three projects from Galehead Development, Origis Energy securing US$300 million for its pipeline and Appalachian Power launching an RFP for 1.1GW of renewables and storage.

Finding developers who want long-term partnerships on projects is key when entering multiple different markets, the head of shipping and energy infrastructure firm BW Group’s energy storage development and operation arm says.