Sunrise brief: American Battery Factory breaks ground on $1.2 billion Arizona gigafactory
Also on the rise: TotalEnergies adds a 280 MW Texas solar facility to its portfolio. Sunnova misses on Q3 earnings, posts sunny forecast for 2024. And more.
American Battery Factory breaks ground on $1.2 billion Arizona gigafactory
The lithium-ferro-phosphate battery cell factory will provide an estimated 1,000 jobs to the Tucson, Arizona area.
Organic flow battery developer nets $106 million growth investment
CmBlu received funding to scale its long-duration energy storage systems.
Plus Power raises $1.8 billion to advance construction of five energy storage facilities
The transactions will support construction of BESS facilities in the Salt River Project in Arizona as well as in the ERCOT market in Texas.
U.S. utility testing 5 MW, 10-hour organic solid flow battery
German battery manufacturer CMBlu is supplying its 5 MW, 10-hour-duration organic solid flow long-duration battery technology to a US utility project, featuring high-performance organic energy storage molecules.
Non-lithium long-duration battery to join Salt River Project
The 5 MW, 10-hour-duration Desert Blume project will use CMBlu’s Organic Solid-Flow non-lithium technology.
Sunrise brief: Arizona approves cut to solar compensation rates
Also on the rise: “Make it burn” and other lithium-ion first responder guidance. Coalition urges Biden Administration to scrap hydrogen hub plans. And more.
Arizona approves cut to solar compensation rates
A 37% cut had been proposed, but the Arizona Corporation Commission upheld the precedent of capping the reduction at 10%, but new risks may emerge.
“Make it burn” and other lithium-ion first responder guidance
American Clean Power has published a guide for first responders on lithium-ion battery energy storage system emergencies, offering insights based on the 2023 NFPA 855 code revision.
Sunrise brief: Arizona to vote on 37% slash to solar net metering
Also on the rise: Microsoft invests in 6.6 MW solar facility in Mississippi. Texas to activate its first virtual power plants. And more.
