Three US-based independent power producers (IPPs) are currently seeking permission from the Minnesota PUC to construct new renewable energy facilities incorporating battery storage.
Canada’s Capstone Infrastructure and Denmark’s Eurowind Energy are proposing to construct a 400MW/3200MWh standalone BESS in Alameda County, California.
Swedish-based developer OX2 has acquired a proposed 1GW onshore wind farm in Western Australia, which includes plans for a 100MW co-located battery energy storage system (BESS).
This week Engie Chile has energised the 68MW/418MWh BESS Tamaya project in Antofagasta, while Canadian Solar’s e-STORAGE secured a turnkey EPC contract to supply a 98MW/312MWh DC BESS in Chile.
Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has commissioned and started operations on two solar-plus-storage projects in the ERCOT, Texas market, one with the BESS online and another set to be commissioned next year.
News from the Nordics and the Baltics, with BESS projects launched in Sweden, Denmark and Latvia by Centrica, Nordic Solar and Niam Infrastructure and Evecon.
Independent power producers (IPP) Scatec and AMEA Power will build solar and storage projects totalling 1.1GWh of storage capacity for power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Egypt.
Energy storage system integration is complex and current approaches can often limit collaboration and flexibility, writes Leon Gosh, managing director of Cellect.
Brookfield Renewable US has entered the permitting process for a hybrid solar and BESS facility which would be among the biggest in the world to date in terms of battery capacity.
