Arizona utility Salt River Project (SRP) and renewables developer NextEra Energy Resources have commissioned a 1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Buckeye, Arizona, US.

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has begun the process of tendering for 4,000MWh of grid-scale battery storage which will be supported by government Viability Gap Funding.

Longroad Energy has achieved financial close on a large-scale solar PV and battery storage project in Arizona, US, on which construction is already underway.

Atlas Renewable Energy has signed a PPA with state-owned mining company Codelco to deliver 375GWh a year from a solar-plus-storage project in Chile.

A microgrid project combining solar PV, wind and a 10MWh flow battery in Germany has been completed by BayWa r.e., Ampt and Fraunhofer.

The largest battery storage facility in India is now online and was visited last week by the country’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.

Utility and independent power producer (IPP) Engie has started construction on a BESS project in Chile with a 5-hour duration.

The Edwards & Sanborn solar-plus-storage project in California is now fully online, with 875MWdc of solar PV and 3,287MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, the world’s largest.

European renewables developer and operator Low Carbon has reached financial close on a solar and storage portfolio in the UK, which includes 95MW of co-located 2-hour battery energy storage systems (BESS).

As with previous years, our year in review wrap up of 2023 includes interviews with a handful of industry players from around the sector.