North Carolinians would save $18 billion through 2050 with high-renewables carbon plan
An independent carbon plan for North Carolina would add storage instead of gas through 2030, and add 21 GW more solar and 22 GW more battery storage by 2050 than Duke Energy’s plan proposes.
World’s largest underground hydrogen storage project
Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum Development are set to begin construction on a 300 GWh underground storage facility in Utah. It will consist of two caverns with capacities of 150 GWh, to store hydrogen generated by an adjacent 840 MW hydrogen-capable gas turbine combined cycle power plant.
Global energy storage deployment may reach 500 GW by 2031
Wood Mackenzie forecasts the US and China will represent 75% of global demand in a highly consolidated market.
93% of utility-scale batteries that came online in 2021 were paired with solar power generation
EIA Annual Electric Generator Report finds that the greatest change in battery use is for price arbitrage.
Borrego spin off, ECP, rebrands as New Leaf Energy
Solar and energy storage development business to operate as New Leaf Energy, an independent arm of ECP focused on distributed generation and utility-scale projects in the US.
Five things to consider in designing and commissioning high performance solar-plus-storage projects
No two projects are alike, and sharing the lessons learned from working on these highly complex systems can help accelerate the deployment of energy storage with essential clean energy assets.
BrightNight to meet one third of Arizona utility’s peak demand with solar and storage project
The developer entered a joint venture to deliver 300 MW of solar, 600 MWh of battery energy storage to Arizona’s Southwest Public Power Agency.
Mississippi revamps its net metering policy
The new program tackles barriers to solar adoption for low-income customers through a net metering rate adder and a one-time $3,500 upfront cash rebate.
NRG Systems to provide solar resource assessment data for Enel Green Power
The turnkey systems provide measurement data to estimate annual energy production.
Wärtsilä to supply Clearway with 500 MW/2 GWh of energy storage for projects in California and Hawaii
The storage units will be spread across five projects, including the recently completed Rosamond Central solar facility in Kern County, California.
