BloombergNEF: Stationary storage installations surge to 170 GWh in 2024
With expanding market opportunities and declining costs stationary battery energy storage installations are surging. Battery makers are awake to the opportunity, reports BloombergNEF, as stationary batteries account for an increasing amount of deployed capacity.
Jones Power tapped for civil construction for two large Arizona solar-storage projects
The two project sites are located near Phoenix and Tucson.
EV charging microgrid project powered by lead batteries
The developers of the first-of-its-kind lead battery-powered EV charging station, currently located in Missouri, say they plan to roll it out across the U.S.
U.S. adds 3.8 GW of storage in Q3, residential battery storage hits all-time high
In the third quarter of 2024, the U.S. installed 3.8 GW of storage across all segments, 80% increase from Q3 2023.
Aypa secures 1 GWh Arizona battery, Arevon activates 600 MWh Tesla battery
Aypa Power has secured $398 million for its 250 MW/1 GWh Pediment battery energy storage system (BESS) and the first phase of Arevon’s 758 MWdc solar and 300 MW/1.2 GWh Tesla Megapack BESS project is operational.
ComEd adds community BESS to U.S. brewery-owned solar project
ComEd wants to explore the benefits of using a grid-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) in tandem with a small community solar project. The utility will pair a BESS with a solar deployment owned by an Illinois brewery as part of a government supported pilot.
Sunrise brief: CPUC kicks community solar deadline to 2026
Also on the rise: The future of U.S. solar in five charts. Commercial and industrial rooftop solar business secures $847 million. And more.
Strata cuts ribbon on 70 MW Inland Empire Energy Storage project
The California facility will supply 280 MWh of electricity to support PG&E during peak demand periods.
DOE loan guarantee of $305 million for VPP project with novel ice storage
The loan intends to finance Project IceBrick, a virtual power plant consisting of up to 193 cold thermal energy storage installations at commercial buildings across California.
Largest solar and energy storage project in U.S. achieves regulatory approval
Sunstone Solar is a 1.2 GW solar, 1.2 GW battery energy storage project planned for eastern Oregon.
