An “unbelievable appetite for clean energy” is pushing the developer of Gemini, the US’s largest co-located solar-plus-storage power plant, to pursue opportunities of a similar scale.

As we welcome the end of another exciting, if sometimes challenging year, here are the most-read news stories on Energy-Storage.news for 2024.

Hawthorne Renewable Energy has commenced permitting for a 300MW solar project co-located with a 300MW/1,200MWh BESS in Grant County, Washington.

Dallas, Texas-based independent power producer (IPP) Stellar Renewable Power has secured a Special Use Permit (SUP) to construct and operate a 1GW/4GWh BESS project co-located with a 1GW solar farm in Navajo County, Arizona.

The government of Cyprus has confirmed financial support will be made available for renewable energy projects paired with energy storage.

Clearway Energy has withdrawn three hybrid solar and storage projects from Hawaiian Electric Co’s (HECO’s) latest renewable energy procurement, citing the investor-owned utility’s (IOU’s) “ongoing financial uncertainty”.

US renewables developer Origis Energy has signed a 200MW solar-plus-storage power purchase agreement (PPA) with utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Mississippi, US.

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.

The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has progressed nine hybrid solar and storage facilities located across the states of Nevada and Arizona.