The US Department of Energy (DOE) has closed a US$26.5 billion loan package to two wholly owned subsidiaries of utility Southern Company, in Georgia and Alabama, US.
South Carolina public utility company Santee Cooper has applied for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Convenience and Neccessity (CECPCN) with the state’s public service commission (PSC), for its 300MW/1,200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
Major US utility company Duke Energy has filed its biennial long-range energy modernisation plan for North and South Carolina, US. The plan includes a 5,600MW battery storage target.
Three companies, Pacifico Energy, Zenith Volts, and Fermi America have begun expanding power generation and energy storage capabilities for US data centre development.
Utility and power generation firm EnBW has presented a 400MW/800MW BESS project proposal to a municipal council in Germany, for deployment at its Philippsburg nuclear power plant which is in the process of being decommissioned.
Zinc hybrid cathode battery and storage system maker Eos Energy has received its second loan advance from the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO).
Publicly owned California utility Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and developer D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) have executed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 640MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in California.
Following his inauguration on Monday morning, US president Donald Trump signed a raft of executive orders outlining his administration’s plans for the next four years.
