Enlight secures US$773 million financing for 688MWh California BESS
IPP Enlight Renewable Energy has received a US$773 million debt financing for its solar-plus-storage Country Acres project located near Sacramento, California, US.
California investor-owned utility PG&E picks community microgrids for US$43 million funding
Utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) has announced intent to award up to US$43 million in grant funding for nine new community-driven microgrids in California, US.
Innergex Renewable Energy commences commercial operations for 30MW/120MWh Hawaii BESS
Independent power producer (IPP) Innergex Renewable Energy’s 30MW/120MWh Hale Kuawehi battery energy storage system (BESS) project has reached commercial operations.
esVolta acquires 300MWh ERCOT BESS from Black Mountain Energy Storage
California-headquartered developer esVolta has acquired a 150MW/300MWh standalone BESS in Texas, US, from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES).
PG&E, Xcel Energy, San José Clean Energy VPPs: US utilities to manage grid constraints with distributed batteries
Three virtual power plant (VPP) programmes have been announced in California and Colorado. Two of them will use Tesla’s Powerwall battery. Another is attempting to change customer habits to save energy and money.
‘BESS to help ERCOT manage doubling of demand by 2030’: Energy Storage Summit USA 2025 kicks off
Battery storage will help ERCOT manage a doubling of peak demand in Texas in the next five years, said the keynote speaker on Day One of the Energy Storage Summit USA 2025 which kicked off today in Dallas (26 March).
Qcells, Nofar Energy to develop two Texas BESS totalling 350MW/700MWh
Subsidiary of Nofar Energy, Nofar USA and subsidiary of Hanwha Qcells, Qcells USA, have signed an agreement to develop and construct 2 battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas totalling 350MW/700MWh.
ROUNDUP: SMA central inverter, e-Storage Arizona deal, Trina Storage 5MWh BESS launch
Another roundup from the world of energy storage, with news from SMA, Canadian Solar’s e-Storage and Trina Storage.
US energy storage market saw ‘first year of double-digit deployment’ in 2024: Wood Mac
According to the Q1 2025 US Energy Storage Monitor from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the American Clean Power Association (ACP), energy storage installations surpassed 12GW in 2024.
California governor Gavin Newsom fast tracks 300MW solar-plus-storage project
California governor Gavin Newsom has taken steps to accelerate the 300MW Cornucopia Hybrid Project in Fresno County, California, US.
