Utility EWEC (Emirates Water and Electricity Company) has launched an RFP for a 400MW BESS project to be built to support the grid in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Arizona utility Salt River Project has signed agreement for dispatch rights to 250MW/1,000MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project.

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.

Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has made Canada’s biggest energy storage procurement to date, selecting nearly 1.8GW of projects through a Request for Proposals (RFP).

US utility Dominion Energy is seeking proposals for solar, wind and energy storage projects in the state of Virginia.

CPS Energy, a municipal utility serving San Antonio, Texas, has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 500MW of energy storage projects.

US electric utility Xcel Energy has launched a request for proposals (RFP) for solar and battery storage projects to replace its Allen S. King coal-fired power plant in the US state of Minnesota.

Ontario and Alberta account for the bulk of Canada’s installed, planned and proposed large-scale energy storage today. The rest of the country can lean on the experiences and lessons learned, Andy Colthorpe hears from developers and expert voices.

The Department of Mineral Resource and Energy (DMRE) of South Africa has issued its request for proposals (RFP) for six battery storage projects totaling 513MW/2,052MWh, with a July deadline.

SRP has signed deals for two large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) that bring the Arizona utility to 800MW of energy storage.