The Planning and Development Services Department at California’s Imperial County has prepared initial environmental assessment documents for a 800MW hybrid solar and BESS facility proposed by developer RAI Energy.
The first Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) tender round in Australia successfully awarded 3.5GWh of co-located battery energy storage systems (BESS) as renewables-plus-storage projects.
China-headquartered electronics firm Huawei has secured a supply agreement to provide a 4.5GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) for the Meralco Terra Solar project in the Philippines.
US renewable energy developer, Longroad Energy announced financial close of 111MWdc solar and 85MWac/340MWh storage project Sun Pond in Maricopa County, Arizona 4 December.
French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has agreed to sell its operational and development projects in Victoria, Australia, including the 350MW/450MWh Victorian Big Battery, for AU$950 million (US$610 million).
Victoria’s State Electricity Commission (SEC) and developers Wirsol and Edify Energy have seen a collective 1.4GWh of solar-plus-storage projects progress this week in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia.
A roundup from a very busy fortnight of UK BESS news, with major project announcements from Field, Cero Generation, Fidra Energy, Sungrow, Green Nation and Low Carbon, as well as ESB and SSE news items from neighbouring Ireland.
Whitehaven Energy, a subsidiary of coal producer Whitehaven Coal and renewable energy generator and retailer Pacific Blue, landed key milestones in developing solar-plus-storage projects in Australia last week.
