Spanish developer and independent power producer (IPP) Zelestra has energised its 1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the Atacama Desert in Chile.

We catch up with Ingmar Wilhelm, co-founder and CEO of developer and IPP Galileo, after the firm commissioned its first own-operate renewable energy project.

US renewable energy developer, Longroad Energy’s Sun Pond solar-plus-storage project in Maricopa County, Arizona, US has reached commercial operation.

Spanish IPP Sonnedix has signed three power purchase agreements (PPAs) for its 117MW/643.8MWh Sonnedix Librillo battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Chile.

TotalEnergies is pushing ahead with a co-located battery storage and gigawatt-scale wind project in Kazakhstan, Central Asia.  

IPPs Zelestra, BNZ and ALFI have secured offtake and financing to hybridise solar projects with BESS across Spain, Italy, Portugal and Romania. 

IPP Lydian Energy has secured US$689 million in financing for two solar projects and a battery energy storage system (BESS) project in New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, US.

IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has reached development milestones for its total 1.21GW solar plus 4GWh energy storage CO Bar Complex in Arizona, US, and is now advancing the project toward operation.

We hear from IPP Zelestra about its decision not to proceed in Italy’s MACSE auction and the auction’s wider implications on demand for private tolls.

NextEra Energy Resources and Meta have signed 11 power purchase agreements and two energy storage agreements totalling 2.5GW.