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Sungrow Energy Storage System Contracted for Massachusetts Solar+Storage...
Inverter supplier Sungrow has signed a contract to supply its fully integrated energy storage system to a 15-MW/32-MWh solar-plus-storage project in Massachusetts. The project will participate in...
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National Grid Issues 10 MW Energy Storage Solicitation for New York
National Grid has issued an energy storage solicitation for 10 MW of bulk, front-of-the-meter storage and power marketer services that maximize the value of the storage in key locations in upstate New...
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Nantucket Gets New Backup Energy Supply
National Grid on Tuesday unveiled the largest battery storage project in the Northeast, with hopes that the project can help make the island’s electric supply system more reliable and resilient. The...
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Capital Dynamics, 8minute Solar Energy Complete 121MW PV Project in California
Independent global private asset management firm Capital Dynamics and US-based independent solar and storage developer 8minute Solar Energy have completed the 121MW Springbok 3 Solar Farm. Springbok 3,...
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Let's Kill 'Utility-' or 'Grid-Scale' Storage
Ask people how they segment the energy storage industry, and you'll often hear them divide it between customer-sited or behind-the-meter storage and "utility-"or "grid-scale storage." But if you then...
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UK Firm Announces Plans for First 'Liquid to Gas' Cryogenic Battery
British battery pioneers plan to build Europe’s largest energy storage project using a cryogenic battery that can store renewable energy for weeks rather than hours. The device will be built on the...
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ACCIONA Buys Solar + Storage on a National Scale
In a deal spanning 20 projects, seven states, two power markets and more solar than the entire state of Florida has installed to date, ACCIONA has agreed to a deal with Tenaska to acquire 3 GW of...
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NextEra Is on a Roll
The largest wind and solar developer continues to grow, with projects paired with storage as it reaches 5.3 GW of contracted solar projects. And it’s making good money at the same time. In its...
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Vermont Electric Cooperative Celebrates New Battery Storage Device
The Vermont Electric Cooperative is celebrating a new battery storage device that's now online. The co-op and its partners met in Hinesburg where the storage battery is located. It says the battery...
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Energy Storage and a Carbon-Free Grid System
Whilst energy storage enables grid operators to expand their renewable energy resources, and lower carbon emissions by changing their reliance on conventional energy resources, the technology is also...
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Empower Energies and Hannon Armstrong Announce Large Investments in C&I...
Empower Energies, a renewable energy development and financing company, and Hannon Armstrong, an investor in climate change solutions, recently announced they will jointly invest in renewable energy...
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One Gigawatt Down, Portfolio of Gigawatts Next
Fluence has been awarded or built more than 1 GW of energy storage capacity in 95 unique projects across 20 countries. Now, the company – a joint venture between Siemens and AES –is modeling the future...
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Bay Area Energy Agencies Launch Storage Solicitation Amid PG&E Power Shutoffs
Four local energy agencies in the San Francisco Bay area announced a joint solicitation today for the installation of more than 30 MW of energy storage for residential and business customers across...
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EDF Acquires UK's Pivot Power to Bolster Battery Storage Pipeline
French utility EDF has acquired UK battery storage firm Pivot Power, cementing its mulit-gigawatt bid to become a market leader in Europe’s energy storage market. EDF confirmed the transaction this...
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Batteries vs. Blackouts: 1,100 Homes Powered Through Vermont Outage With Storage
Home batteries proved their resilience value during Vermont's Halloween blackout. A major rain and wind storm struck the state at the close of October, knocking out power to some 115,000 customers....
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The City of Los Angeles Taps 8minute Solar for Game-Changing Clean Energy...
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the largest municipal utility in the United States, has announced a groundbreaking new partnership with 8minute Solar Energy, LLC to provide...
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Consumers Energy to Run Battery Storage Pilot
Jackson-based Consumers Energy has announced a collaboration with California-based Sunverge to leverage the company’s energy storage technology for a Consumers Energy residential battery storage pilot....
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New Mexico Electric Cooperative Will Soon Supply Customers 100% Through Solar
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) has finalized an agreement with Torch Clean Energy to purchase and develop two new solar and storage facilities for a total of 21 MW of additional solar capacity...
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In Search for Cheaper, Longer Energy Storage, Mountain Gravity Could...
Mountain gravity energy storage could be a viable way to store electricity for longer durations and at larger scales than lithium-ion battery storage can, according to a study recently published in the...
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Ørsted to Build Landmark Solar & Storage Project
Ørsted announced today that following final investment decision from its Board of Directors it has commenced construction on the company's first utility-scale solar plus battery storage project, the...
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Salt River Project to Install Large Battery for Big Arizona Solar Plant
Salt River Project will build the biggest battery on the power grid in Arizona as part of its pledge last year to add 1,000 megawatts of solar to its supply by 2025. SRP said last year it would reduce...
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The Long Read: Around the World in Nine Microgrids
pv magazine reached out to companies that are active in the microgrid segment for details on the market and its latest tech developments. What follows is a look at some of the most interesting projects...
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Encouraging Signs: Interconnection Rules in the Age of Distributed Energy...
As US states work to address and enable the swift growth of distributed energy resources (DERs), including solar and energy storage, the issues surrounding their interconnection to the electric grid...
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DOE Announces $15m for Energy Projects on Tribal Lands
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is providing up to $15 million (£12m) in new funding for energy infrastructure projects on tribal lands. Projects sought under the Office of Indian Energy Policy and...
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Savion Powers Up, Energizing Utility-Scale Solar and Energy Storage Industry
Savion today announced its official launch as a new utility-scale solar and energy storage project development company. Backed by Macquarie’s Green Investment Group, Savion consists of a veteran team...
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How Alternative Storage Solutions are Breaking into the Lithium-Ion-Dominated...
Recent growth in renewable energy, spurred by state mandates, federal tax incentives, and increasingly attractive costs, has shifted attention to the use of energy storage to ensure that variable wind...
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Renewable Energy: What Happens When The Sun Isn't Shining And The Wind Isn't...
Northfield Mountain Power Station in Erving, Mass. is the old school solution to how the grid handles energy shortages, and one of the state's oldest batteries. Northfield Mountain may not be what you...
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Colorado Utility Sees "Opportunistic Window" to Save Money with Solar and...
Black Hills Energy is seeking 200 MW of solar power or wind plus energy storage capacity as part of an RFP, driven – not by any requirements – but by 2019 summertime bids solar and solar plus storage...
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Cheap at Last, Batteries Are Making a Solar Dream Come True
The first solar-plus-storage installations started about a decade ago on a small scale in sunny states like California, Hawaii, and Arizona. Now they’re spreading across the country, driven by falling...
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NV Energy to Add 3 Solar and Storage Projects to Southern Nevada
NV Energy received approval from state regulators to add three solar projects in Southern Nevada that should generate enough electricity to power 230,000 homes. On Wednesday, the Public Utilities...
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Utility-Scale Storage Critical to Achieving Massachusetts Carbon Goals: UMass...
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is likely to fall short of its greenhouse gas emission goals if it cannot implement utility-scale storage, according to a new study. More than 70% of the state’s two...
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Orsted Brings 460MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project to Texas Oil Country
Ørsted on Wednesday announced plans to build a 460-megawatt solar-plus-storage project in West Texas, near existing oil and gas infrastructure in the Permian Basin. The storage facility will be...
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Nevada Regulators Approve NV Energy Plan for 1,190 MW Solar, 590 MW Storage
The Nevada Public Utilities Commission on Dec. 4 approved NV Energy's Integrated Resource Plan, including three solar projects totaling 1,190 MW and 590 MW of energy storage capacity. All of the new...
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Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy to Co-Develop the First Long...
Highview Power Storage, Inc. and Encore Renewable Energy today jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long duration, liquid air energy storage system. This facility will be a...
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'No Time to Waste': #StorageITC Remains Top 2020 Priority for ESA
While expressing disappointment that end-of-year tax announcements in the US did not include a standalone energy storage investment tax credit (ITC), the policy could still have a big impact if...
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SPP Committee Looks at Energy Storage Integration Plans
The growth in energy storage is rapidly evolving the power industry and the Southwest Power Pool is the latest entity grappling with how to integrate the new resource. In a new white paper, SPP averred...
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US Battery Storage Prospects Lifted by Policy Progress, Cost Reduction
Battery storage deployment in the US is set for a rapid acceleration from 2020. That is one of the key takeaways from the latest S&P Global Platts Analytics’ US Power Storage Outlook, released to...
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US Energy Storage Market May Grow 12X By End Of 2024 (Interview) - CleanTechnica
The recent Wood Mackenzie Q4 2019 US Energy Storage Monitor report contains a number of insights about energy storage trends that many people may enjoy reading about. Energy storage in the United...
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4.5-MW Solar, 3.8-MWh Storage Project Completed at Former Massachusetts Landfill
A 4.5-MW solar array coupled with a 1.6-MW/3.8-MWh energy storage system has been completed on the former Titcomb pit landfill in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Kearsarge Energy developed and constructed the...
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Public Utilities: The New Buyers of Energy Storage
There’s no doubt that 2019 was a tipping point for announcements from investor-owned utilities about large-scale new energy storage and hybrid storage projects. We also witnessed dramatically increased...
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