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PV Tech Power 42 Front Cover
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PV Tech Power Volume 42

April 15, 2025

QUARTERLY EDITION: April 2025

108 pages

Highlights in this edition include:

  • More than modules
    The solar backlash pushing developers to raise their game
  • Rising module prices and a rush to complete projects
    Recent major market reforms in China bring an end to the feed-in tariff era
  • Inverted fortunes
    Inverters are crucial in everything from cybersecurity to home energy management. So why are producers struggling?
  • PV underperformance
    A modern solution to a data-driven problem
  • Virtual power plants
    New business models to fund off-grid PV
  • BESS revenue optimisiation
    Unlocking Europe’s key markets
Genex Power's Bouldercombe BESS project (pictured) suffered a 'minor' fire during commissioning but has since come online. Image: Genex Power.
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BESS revenue in Australia’s NEM drops 40% on average in March 2025

April 15, 2025
A reduction in price volatility has seen BESS revenue decrease by 40% in Australia’s NEM month-on-month in March 2025.
Rendering of an aerial view of the proposed Boise Bench Substation battery storage project. Image: Idaho Power.
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Idaho Power gets permit for 200MW/800MWh BESS project after Boise officials deny appeal

April 10, 2025
Idaho Power has overcome a huge hurdle facing its plan to deploy a 200MW/800MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in the City of Boise by the end of next year.
Anza Renewables Q1 pricing report
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‘Domestic sourcing remains the lowest-risk option at this time’: Anza Renewables on reciprocal tariffs and successful energy storage projects

April 9, 2025
ESN Premium speaks with Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing at Anza Renewables, Ravi Manghani on current challenges energy storage developers are facing
RWE Netherlands grid-forming inertia
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Grid-scale BESS deployments reach 10.9GWh in March, US sees highest figure in six months

April 9, 2025
A total of 10.9GWh of grid-scale BESS entered commercial operations in March, up 29% year-on-year and 3% month-on-month. 
SB Energy's operational 418MWp Juno Solar PV project in Texas, US. Image: SB Energy
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SDCP and SB Energy ink hedging agreement for offtake of 1.6GWh BESS in California

April 8, 2025
Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) San Diego Community Power (SDCP) has signed an offtake agreement for a battery storage project being developed by SB Energy in Riverside County, California.
Mitsubishi Power Americas Prevalon Idaho Power
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Prevalon Energy: What goes into creating an EMS?

April 8, 2025
Energy-Storage.news speaks with Prevalon Energy’s president and CEO, Thomas Cornell, about the company’s new energy management system and Prevalon’s plans to integrate it into future projects.
EDF Renewables North America's Fox Squirrel Solar project in Ohio, US. Image: Matt Reese / Businesswire.
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Solar-storage PPA between EDF, Southern California Public Power Authority scrapped over rising costs

April 3, 2025
A PPA between EDF Renewables North America and Southern California Public Power Authority has been terminated after a final cost audit.
UK BESS battery storage
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Over 3GWh of BESS approved in UK in March

April 3, 2025
The UK saw 1,590MW/3,179MWh of grid-scale BESS projects approved last month, bringing the total approved projects to around 55.4GW/117GWh.
Dry Bridge, a 20MW/80MWh BESS project which East Point Energy developed and brought into operation in 2023, on behalf of utility Dominion Energy which bought the project two years prior to that and before Equinor's acquisition of the developer. Image: East Point Energy.
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East Point withdraws 116MW BESS project in Upstate New York after town bans utility-scale storage

April 2, 2025
Equinor-owned East Point Energy has officially withdrawn plans to construct a 116MW standalone BESS in New York State.

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