Brookfield Renewable US has entered the permitting process for a hybrid solar and BESS facility which would be among the biggest in the world to date in terms of battery capacity.
The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has progressed nine hybrid solar and storage facilities located across the states of Nevada and Arizona.
Eolian, BrightNight and esVolta, three US-headquartered developers and independent power producers (IPPs) with energy storage projects in their portfolios and pipelines, have each announced major financing.
The Department of Energy (DOE) of the Philippines government has confirmed that a tender for renewable energy projects with integrated energy storage will launch this year.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has granted US independent power producer (IPP) BrightNight approval to connect its Mortlake Energy Hub, which includes solar and storage facilities, to the Victoria grid.
Winning bids as low as IR3.41/kWh (US$0.041/kWh) have been registered in a tender for solar PV paired with battery storage hosted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).
An event on Monday (24 June) celebrated the opening of two large-scale battery storage systems in the service area of Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP), including the southwest US state’s largest project of its type to date.
San Diego Community Power (SDCP) has negotiated three agreements totalling 304MW of energy storage capacity to fulfil part of its long-term energy portfolio.