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Fluence's stand at the RE+ trade event in California, US, held in September 2024. The company sees the US market as a strong driver of growth, partly due to its domestic content strategy. Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media
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Fluence and Saft claim first-mover advantage to onshore US BESS production

September 17, 2024
Global energy storage players Fluence and Saft on moves to onshore production for the US market.
Close-up of an On.Energy C&I battery storage project. The company is moving into larger, but still 'distributed' projects. Image: On.Energy

BESS developer-integrator On.Energy acquires 480MWh ‘distributed’ utility-scale California portfolio

September 17, 2024
System integrator and project developer On.Energy has acquired nine in-development battery energy storage projects, which will play into California’s CAISO market.
With record-breaking outside temperatures a continuing reminder, developer/integrator On Energy’s marketing tactics brought some grim humour and a sense of urgency to the show. Image: Shizuya Furuno / On Energy

RE+: Energy storage soundbites and quick takes from North America’s biggest industry event

September 12, 2024
From leading players to startups, here are some tasty quotes from interviews taped at RE+ this week in Anaheim, California, US.  
Andy Tang (second left) speaking on a panel on resiliency for the US grid shortly after yesterday's interview with ESN. Image: Andy Colthorpe/Solar Media

US faces ‘significant challenge’ to establish domestic battery cell supply for BESS market

September 11, 2024
Would-be battery manufacturers that could serve the US energy storage industry with domestically made cells are facing a “perfect storm,” Energy-Storage.news has heard.
GE Vernova presenting RESTORE DC Block at RE+ in Anaheim, California. Image: Andy Colthorpe/Solar Media

RE+ 2024: News from GE Vernova, Arevia Power and FlexGen as North America’s biggest clean energy show opens

September 10, 2024
The exhibition doors at RE+, formerly Solar Power International and Energy Storage International, opened this morning.
Lightshift Energy and Holden Municipal Light Department at the August unveiling of one of the projects, which was brought into service in May. Image: Business Wire.

Trina completes company’s first US utility-scale BESS projects in Massachusetts

September 10, 2024
The energy storage arm of vertically integrated solar PV module and tracker manufacturer Trina Solar has completed a portfolio of four US battery projects.
Company representatives agreed the deal in a ceremony earlier this week. Image: Sungrow

Sungrow signs supply deal with UK developers for 1.7GWh BESS project

September 6, 2024
PV inverter and battery energy storage system (BESS) provider Sungrow has signed an agreement with two major developers to supply BESS systems for an upcoming UK storage project.
Map of the evacuated area. Image: City of Escondido.

Fire at battery storage facility in California triggers evacuation order

September 6, 2024
Update 9 September 2024: The fire was “out and cold” by 1am on Friday, 6 September, around 13 hours after it was reported at 12:09pm Thursday.
Canadian Solar's e-Storage BESS units at a customer project. The solar company's CSI Solar subsidiary signed a 2.6GWh BESS deal with UBS AM in 2022. Image: Canadian Solar

UBS Asset Management’s 1GWh BESS portfolio in Texas gets financing through major banks

September 5, 2024
UBS Asset Management has secured financing for a 730MW/1,049MWh battery storage portfolio in Texas via two commercial banks.
The TEPCO and ENERES project will enrol customers with Kyocera's Enerezza home battery systems (pictured). Image: Kyocera

Tokyo utilities put home battery storage in Japan’s power supply-demand adjustment mix

September 5, 2024
Home battery storage aggregation projects have launched with participation of Tokyo Electric Power Co, and Tokyo Gas, two major utility companies in the Japanese capital.

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