EDF Renewables North America has signed a PPA with California utility Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for part of the offtake of a solar-plus-storage project in neighbouring Nevada with a 780MWh BESS.

rPlus Hydro has submitted a Final License Application for a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Nevada, US, its second Application in 2023.

Redwood Materials will get a US$2 billion loan from the DOE’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) for its closed-loop lithium-ion anode and cathode material production plant in Nevada, US.

NV Energy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for dispatchable energy and energy storage resources for the Nevada utility’s service area.

A roundup of the biggest projects, financing and offtake deals in the sector that Energy-Storage.news has reported on this year.

Berkshire Hathaway-owned NV Energy has been revealed as the ‘large western utility’ that has ordered a 220MW/440MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) from Energy Vault.

Developer Primergy Solar has entered into a sole battery supply agreement with lithium-ion battery manufacturer CATL for the Gemini solar-plus-storage project in Nevada, US.

Investor Quinbrook has sold a 49% stake in the 1.4GWh Gemini solar-plus-storage project in Nevada, US, to Dutch pension asset manager APG.

Solar and energy storage were described by Elon Musk as going together “like peanut butter and jelly”. Andy Colthorpe meets some of the players creating this winning combination in the US.

Debt and equity financing worth US$1.9 billion has been closed for one of the US’ largest solar-plus-storage power plants to date.