Goldman Sachs invests $250 million in Hydrostor to advance long-duration energy storage projects
The investment is planned to support development and construction of Hydrostor’s 1.1 GW, 8.7 GWh of Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage projects that are well underway in California and Australia, and help expand Hydrostor’s project development pipeline globally.
Franklin Whole Home debuts smart energy storage system
The integrated battery and control system with built-in adaptive learning algorithms is inverter-agnostic, comes EV charger ready, and turns a home into a micro-grid when the grid is down.
Eolus sells California energy storage development project to Aypa Power
Cald is the first stand-alone battery energy storage system asset sold by Eolus.
Utility-scale solar + storage project announced for the Island of Hawaii
A 30 MW solar PV project on the Island of Hawaii will provide enough power for approximately 15,000 households.
Lockheed Martin to provide flow battery for 103 MW Alberta solar + storage project
The Saddlebrook Solar + Storage Project will be a 102.5 MW installation, paired with 6.5 MW/52 MWh of Lockheed Martin’s GridStar Flow battery technology, and will be the largest flow battery energy storage facility in Alberta.
Solar plus energy storage at Brooklyn Public Library demonstrates resilient preparedness
Brooklyn Public Library Coney Island Branch recently completed a solar plus storage project that consists of 21kW of roof mounted solar PV + 19 kWh SimpliPhi BOSS.6 energy storage system that meets the New York City limit of 20kWh.
Florida Power and Light’s 409 MW Manatee Energy Storage Center is complete
The Manatee Energy Storage Center in Florida is made up of 132 energy storage containers, organized across a 40-acre plot of land, equivalent to 30 football fields.
Sunrise brief: Three solar projects in Georgia to power Meta (Facebook) data centers
Also on the rise: House passes forced labor bill for Xinjiang region, U.S. Solar Market Insight Report projects Build Back Better could add 44 GW of capacity through 2026, solar microgrid completed for crop production facility in the heart of the corn belt, Texas grid to get much-needed upgrade.
EVLO launches 1 MWh storage system
The 1 MWh system is set to make its debut suppling power to Haute-Mauricie during transmission line upgrades.
Residential solar paired with heat pumps outperforms propane in cold, isolated climates
A U.S.-Swedish research group has investigated the complex economic relationship between PV and heat pumps in cold climates under four different levels of electrification. It found that, compared to propane, solar heat pumps can reduce reduce costs by up to 20% and carbon emissions by 30%.
