Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Two storage systems Convergent Energy + Power financed as well as created in Orange County, California, are now operational in Southern California Edison (SCE) region.

Swell Energy, a United States firm being experts in virtual power plant (VPP) projects accumulating property solar PV and also battery storage, has introduced a distributed energy resources administration system (DERMS) software application platform.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has actually with one voice accepted strategies to include greater than 25.5 GW of renewables as well as 15GW of storage in the state by 2032 at an expense of US$ 49 billion.

The Dept. of Energy (DOE) will certainly offer $2.91 billion to enhance manufacturing of sophisticated batteries made use of in stationary energy storage and also electric vehicles, as directed by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. DOE means to money battery materials refining and manufacturing plants, battery cell and pack production facilities, and recycling facilities that create good-paying clean energy jobs. The financing is anticipated to be offered in the coming months.

Powin Energy, a global leader in the design and also manufacture of scalable battery energy storage options, has announced that it has actually signed framework agreements with 4 developers to buy 5,800 megawatt-hours (MWh) of battery energy storage space systems to be assigned throughout multiple projects in the USA as well as Taiwan.

Renewables designer Solariant Capital and energy financier Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure (DEI) are collaborating to create a portfolio of US solar and also energy storage projects.

Australian steels company Fortescue has actually introduced prepare for a vast renewables center consisting of as much as 3,333 MW of solar to power its mining operations in Western Australia.

Powin Energy has signed framework contracts with 4 designers for 5.8 GWh of battery storage remedies to be supplied in the 2022-2024 timeframe.

Following last year's acquisition, Green Frog Power has actually rebranded as Pulse Clean Energy as well as unveiled a target of 1GW+ of energy storage assets in the UK.

Battery storage space is making renewables a lot more viable for Scottish Water, the business has actually said complying with the setup of Invinity Energy Systems' vanadium flow batteries.

San Diego Gas & Electric has actually obtained approval for the projects from the United States state's Public Utilities Commission

Multi-day battery storage technology start-up Form Energy is working with Georgia Power on a possible 15MW/1,500 MWh project in the US utility company's solution area.

Battery energy storage developer Harmony Energy has secured a lease for its Creyke Beck project.

AES Corporation has contracted its subsidiary Fluence to onboard 1.1 GW of solar as well as storage assets to its energy trading as well as bidding process platform as it looks to optimize its United States operations.

Microinverter distributor Enphase Energy has actually published solid Q4 2021 results that saw solid profits growth complying with high need for its IQ microinverters and also a 53% jump in orders of its IQ batteries, compared with Q3 2021, despite supply chain restrictions. In reaction to the rise popular for batteries, it has included extra capacity to its facilities in Mexico as well as India.