Executives from investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners discussed its three BESS projects in Scotland totalling 1.5GW/3GWh which have all now reached FID, the largest BESS in Europe to do so.
Neoen has initiated the permitting process for a 400MW/1,600MWh BESS located in Ontario that was awarded a 20-year capacity contract by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO).
System operator ISO New England has given the go-ahead for a 300MW/1,200MWh BESS located in Boston, Massachusetts under development by Boulder, Colorado-based developer and IPP Flatiron Energy.
NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) has commenced the state permitting process for two hybrid solar and storage projects with a cumulative battery capacity of 250MW in Wisconsin, US.
The rhetoric around new and increased trade barriers between the US and China affecting batteries, battery materials and BESS has ramped up in the past few weeks, and we hear from a lawyer and a political analyst.
Idaho Power is seeking approval from the state regulator to deploy an additional 100MW of BESS to plug the gap left within its portfolio following the cancellation of a deal with IPP Savion.
Utility NV Energy has received state regulatory approval of a group of PPAs with a cumulative storage capacity exceeding 1GW as part of the investor-owned utility’s (IOU’s) 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).
Supervisors in the northern Iowa county of Cerro Gordo have passed an ordinance prohibiting the installation of new utility-scale solar, wind and BESS facilities located on land zoned for agricultural use.
