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Prospect14 project development manager Sarah Rypkema (inset) explains the safety features of modern BESS equipment to commissioner Richard Zamudio. Image: Chino Valley P&Z via YouTube
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Arizona town’s P&Z commission stokes public fear over BESS safety, denies project application

June 12, 2025
Prospect14 became the latest US renewable energy developer to have a hybrid storage project application scrutinised and ultimately rejected.
An Intersect Power solar-plus-storage project in construction. The IPP's Darden project in Fresno County would feature up to 4,600MWh of battery storage capacity. Image: Intersect Power
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California’s Fresno County introduces ‘fire mitigation payments’ for BESS projects

June 11, 2025
A fire protection and emergency services provider in California, US, has introduced a mandatory risk mitigation payment system for solar PV and energy storage developers.
Gecama wind power plant, pictured during construction in 2020. The 329MW power plant went into operation in 2022. Image: Typsa

Enlight hybridises Spain’s largest wind power plant with Solar PV, BESS retrofits

June 5, 2025
Enlight Renewable Energy is expanding its Gecama Wind Project in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, by integrating solar PV and battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Quinbrook-owned developer Primergy was behind the 380MW/1.400MWh Gemini solar-plus-storage project (pictured) which went online in Nevada in mid-2024. Image: Primergy
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California CCA amends PPAs for two large-scale solar-plus-storage plants: One expedited, one delayed

June 3, 2025
California CCA SDCP has amended the terms of two power purchase agreements relating to the two largest solar-plus-storage projects in its portfolio.
Sumitomo Electric's 4.5-hour duration flow battery system in Minamikyushu City, Japan. Image: Sumitomo Electric

Sumitomo Electric deploys first vanadium flow battery for a community microgrid in Japan

May 30, 2025
Sumitomo Electric has inaugurated a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) system at a community solar microgrid in southern Japan.
Grenergy's Oasis de Atacama project, currently being built in phases, will co-locate 2GW of solar PV generation with as much as 11GWh of battery storage when completed. Image: Grenergy

Grenergy to invest €3.5 billion in BESS, solar-plus-storage by 2027

May 29, 2025
Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Grenergy has planned to invest €3.5 billion (US$3.9 billion) to increase its energy storage and hybrid portfolio by 2027.
Peninsula Clean Energy CEO Shawn Marshall cuts the ribbon to inaugurate a solar PV carport project in Los Banos, California, with the city's mayor Michael Amabile earlier this year. Image: Peninsula Clean Energy
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California CCA’s contract for KKR-owned BESS includes protections for tariff, tax credit risk

May 28, 2025
Even during times of turmoil for the US renewable energy industry, IPPs are continuing to secure long-term offtake agreements in California.
The Grenergy-BYD deal is the developer's biggest BESS purchase to date. Image: Grenergy

BYD signs 3.5GWh BESS supply deal for Grenergy’s Oasis de Atacama project in Chile

May 22, 2025
BYD will supply more than half of the total battery storage capacity at developer Grenergy’s 11GWh Oasis de Atacama project in Chile.
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Elements Green receives GPS approval for 1.3GWh solar-plus-storage site in Queensland, Australia

May 19, 2025
Elements Green has received grid connection approval from Powerlink Queensland and the AEMO for a 1.3GWh solar-plus-BESS site in Queensland.
A D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments solar PV plant in New Mexico, US. Image: DESRI
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California utility SMUD’s BESS PPA deal with DESRI includes protections against tariff uncertainty

May 13, 2025
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has finalised terms of a PPA with developer D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI).

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