Utility NV Energy has received state regulatory approval of a group of PPAs with a cumulative storage capacity exceeding 1GW as part of the investor-owned utility’s (IOU’s) 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). 

Developer AMEA Power will collaborate with Trinasolar and Energy China ZTPC to install battery storage at a 500MW solar PV plant in Egypt, Africa.

Envision Energy has been contracted to supply battery energy storage systems (BESS) for EDF Group’s three-project Oasis 1 portfolio in South Africa.

IPP Nofar Energy has agreed a Flexibility Purchase Agreement (FPA) for a 209MWh BESS project in Germany, the first of its kind in Continental Europe, it claimed.

Dallas, Texas-based independent power producer (IPP) Stellar Renewable Power has secured a Special Use Permit (SUP) to construct and operate a 1GW/4GWh BESS project co-located with a 1GW solar farm in Navajo County, Arizona.

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) approved an application from Consumers Energy Co. for a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Voyager Energy Storage LLC for a 100MW/400MWh battery energy storage facility.

Strata Clean Energy has signed another tolling agreement with utility Arizona Public Service (APS) for a large-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

EDF Renewables North America has signed a utility power purchase agreement (PPA) for a new battery storage project in Arizona.

Power from new co-located renewable energy and battery projects in California will be bought by Amazon and a number of Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs).

Another edition of news in brief from the UK, as the National Energy System Operator pledges to improve Balancing Mechanism ‘skip rates’ and a 1GW project gets local authority approval.