Solar Energy Storage and Battery News

Westbridge acquires controlling stake in Canadian solar company
Sunnynook Solar Energy is developing 236MWdc solar and 100MW battery system
Dec 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Canada, North America, Westbridge Energy Corporation, Sunnynook Solar Energy, Stefano Romanin
Terrasun to supply power storage services for 174-MW solar, 352-MWh storage project in California
IHI Terrasun Solutions, a subsidiary of the IHI Corp., has actually authorized an agreement with Leeward Renewable Energy to supply energy storage space system options and lifecycle services for Leeward's Willow Springs 3 and Chaparral Solar utility-scale solar + storage projects in Kern County, California.
Dec 1, 2021 // Storage, California, USA, North America, Storage Project, IHI Terrasun Solutions
RGREEN INVEST makes primary step into UK market with financial investment right into 110MW of battery storage
French investment management business RGREEN INVEST has actually made its very first step right into the UK market, investing in four greenfield battery storage plants
Nov 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, RGREEN INVEST, Nicolas Rochon, Arlington Energy
Quinbrook obtains UK battery trading platform
Renewables capitalist will certainly support Oxford-based Habitat Energy's expansion into the US as well as Australian markets
Nov 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, UK, Texas, Australia, Europe, Oceania, North America, ERCOT, Quinbrook, GLOBAL, Habitat Energy
Wartsila wins Chile storage contract
8MW battery system will be co-located with Colbun's 230MW Diego de Almagro solar farm
Nov 30, 2021 // Storage, Chile, South america, Wartsila, solar farm, Christoph Perathoner
Powin Announces New Centipede Battery Energy Storage System
Powin LLC, which designs and makes 'safe and scalable' battery energy storage solutions, introduced its brand-new Centipede battery energy storage space platform.
Nov 30, 2021 // Storage, Geoff Brown, ESRG, nick warner, platform design, Powin
iSun invests in commercial solar developer Encore Renewable Energy
Solar EPC company iSun is investing in US commercial PV project programmer Encore Renewable Energy as part of efforts to increase its geographic expansion.
Nov 30, 2021 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, EPC, agrivoltaics, North America, Encore Renewable Energy, iSun, EnergyStorageUSA
Work begins on 250 MW/250 MWh grid-forming battery in Australia
Unfinished by Australian utility AGL, the 250 MW/250 MWh battery is the largest planned grid-forming battery on the planet
Nov 30, 2021 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, AGL
Canadian Solar increases US$ 150m to fund power storage space growth, feasible M&A
'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has elevated US$ 150 million through a share offering, with profits readied to aid the maker broaden its energy storage space arm.
Nov 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Canadian Solar
Altus Power, Shell partner to offer integrated renewables solutions
US clean power company Altus Power Inc and Shell New Energies United States LLC on Monday announced a collaboration to offer integrated renewable energy as well as storage space solutions.
Nov 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, shell, Altus Power
Elgin Energy aiming to release 5GW of solar-plus-storage in 3 years after US$ 33m raise
UK designer Elgin Energy is targeting 5GW of solar-plus-storage throughout its core markets by 2025 after finishing a ₤ 25 million (US$ 33.3 million) fundraising round.
Nov 29, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Elgin Energy, Jack O’Keeffe, fundraising, focus capital partners
Gore Street's Kilmannock BESS to broaden by 90MW
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund's Kilmannock battery energy storage system (BESS) in Co. Wexford, Ireland, has received an additional grid volume allowance of 90MW, building on the 30MW presently protected.
Nov 29, 2021 // Storage, UK, Ireland, Europe, BESS, Gore Street
European Solar & Storage Set to Grow over 400% by 2025: Study
Household solar and also storage is set to grow from 3 GWh capability in 2020 to 12.8 GWh in 2025, said SolarPower Europe just recently. European residential solar & storage skyrocketed by 44% to 140,000 set up units in 2020.
Nov 29, 2021 // Storage, Walburga Hemetsberger, Europe, SolarPower Europe, Michael Schmela, Raffaele Rossi
China Fund Manager Gaining 109% Is a Die-Hard Renewables Fan
Cui Chenlong has been banking on batteries, solar power shares Beijing's carbon neutral goals have buoyed belief on industry
Nov 28, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, China, Asia, Cui Chenlong, Qianhai Kaiyuan Fund Management Co.
Solar heatpump remedy for water, pool heating
U.S. solar thermal specialist Fafco is set to introduce a new photovoltaic-thermal heat pump service for water and pool heating. The system consists of photovoltaic-thermal panels, a 5 kWh thermal battery with a heatpump, as well as an electric hot water heating unit.
Nov 28, 2021 // Technology, Residential, Storage, Thermal, USA, North America, Fafco, Freeman Ford