Renewable energy developer-operator Arevon has completed a US$258 million financing for the 200MW/400MWh Peregrine battery energy storage system (BESS) in San Diego, California, US.
Developer Boralex and its partner Walpole Island First Nation have announced a CA$172 million (US$119 million) financing for the 80MW/320MWh Tilbury battery energy storage system (BESS).
While parallels are often drawn between the solar and storage industries, financing energy storage projects is a lot more complex than simply “transposing” learnings from solar to batteries.