Westbridge Renewable receives approval for 378 MW Georgetown solar plus storage facility
The 278 MW Solar PV and 100 MW energy storage system is permitted and licensed for construction.
Battery storage capacity more than tripled in 2021
As energy storage is used for a wider set of services and renewable energy is rapidly deployed, battery use ramps up across the US.
SpaceX to increase on-site solar and Tesla Powerpack battery capacity at its Starbase facility
Using Trina Solar panels and Tesla Powerpack batteries, the company will expand its Boca Chica, Texas on-site facility by about 30%.
California solar bill would extend access, savings to renters and low-income families
Assembly Bill 2316 would create a community solar program that leverages distributed solar and storage aggregation and extend benefits to Californians who have not yet been able to directly take advantage of the clean energy transition.
Solar is nearly 50% of planned utility-scale capacity additions
The Energy Information Administration projected over the next two years 60% of capacity additions will be solar or battery energy storage.
Eolus sells California energy storage development project to Aypa Power
Cald is the first stand-alone battery energy storage system asset sold by Eolus.
Sunrise brief: EPC contractor buy expands Koch’s solar reach
Also on the rise: Duke agrees to new net metering rates, Ingeteam supplies inverters for BESS project, and Powin launches battery energy storage system.
Ingeteam supplied battery inverters to California energy storage project
The 20 MW/80 MWh grid-connected project is owned and operated by Hecate Energy and was built by Mitsubishi Power.
Sunrise brief: Global energy storage market set to hit 1 TWh by 2030, BNEF says
Also on the rise: Rooftop solar fires are a real and growing risk, A-SMACC says it could refile anti-dumping tariff petitions, and five New England colleges now are powered by solar under a novel PPA arrangement.
The energy storage decade has arrived, BNEF says
Falling battery costs and “surging” renewables penetration make energy storage a “compelling flexible resource in many power systems.”
