Three US-based independent power producers (IPPs) are currently seeking permission from the Minnesota PUC to construct new renewable energy facilities incorporating battery storage.

Danish renewable energy company Ørsted and US utility Salt River Project (SRP) have confirmed that their 300MW solar-plus-storage project in Pinal County, Arizona, has commenced operations.

Three utilities in Wisconsin are seeking regulatory approval to acquire two solar and storage hybrid projects from Blackstone portfolio company Invenergy as part of a wider US$1.92 billion investment.

The 360MW Mortlake solar-plus-storage project in Victoria, Australia, has been granted development consent by the state government.

Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has commissioned and started operations on two solar-plus-storage projects in the ERCOT, Texas market, one with the BESS online and another set to be commissioned next year.

Flow Power’s chief operating officer, Byron Serjeantson, believes solar-plus-storage projects represent an upcoming trend in Australia’s PPA market.

US renewables developer Origis Energy has signed a 200MW solar-plus-storage power purchase agreement (PPA) with utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Mississippi, US.

Renewables and energy storage developer rPlus Energies has broken ground on a solar PV plant in Utah, US, co-located with 1.6GWh of battery storage.

IPP Grenergy has acquired a 1GW solar PV portfolio and 1GW of energisation lines in Chile which will allow the hybridisation of 6GWh.

Investor Return has acquired an energy storage development platform in Germany, Swedish optimiser Flower has bought another large-scale BESS project, while Romania’s CIS Group has revealed a flurry of solar and storage projects.