Prequalification for a large solar plus storage project in Morocco has been launched by the country’s state-funded renewable energy development organisation Masen.

An energy storage news roundup from Germany, including 10MWh-plus projects from Tesvolt and Wirsol Roof Solutions and a €5 million fundraise by second life firm Voltfang.

Utility and network operators RheinEnergie and Bayernwerk have respectively started building and commissioned 7MWh battery storage projects in Germany.

AES Andes, a subsidiary of US multinational AES Corporation, has completed the largest battery system project in Latin America with an output of 112MW.

Independent power producer (IPP) Clearway Energy has closed US$421 million in financing for the 147MW/588MWh four-hour Rosamund Central Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Kern County, California.

Renewable energy firm Greenvolt Power has acquired an early-stage co-located project in New Mexico, US, with a 50MW of energy storage.

US developer D. E. Shaw has broken ground on a 200MW solar, 100MW battery storage project in New Mexico, set to come online in 2024.

Developers Eku Energy and Renera Energy have signed an agreement to deploy 1GW of battery storage projects in Italy, the latest in a flurry of companies entering the market.

Investor DIF and renewable energy optimiser Pexapark have announced what they claim is the UK’s ‘first bankable and unsubsidised co-located PPA’, for a solar and storage project.

A 290MW coal plant in Colombia will be entirely converted into a renewable energy site using a combination of solar PV and battery storage.