Tesla’s 2021 solar installs reach four-year high of 345MW
Tesla’s solar installations jumped 68% in 2021 to 345MW despite a slight dip in additions year-on-year during the fourth quarter.
Invenergy launches community solar-focused JV, targeting 3GW of renewables capacity by 2030
Solar developer Invenergy has partnered with US-based investment platform Lafayette Square to form a joint venture (JV) that will develop and operate PV plants primarily serving low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities and areas disproportionately affected by the clean energy transition.
Net metering expert slams California’s ‘regressive’ rooftop solar policy proposals
Proposed net metering (NEM) rules in California that would add a US$8/kW per month grid access fee for residential solar systems have been described as “regressive and out of touch with reality” by a NEM policy expert.
Texas: Market saturation and new ERCOT rules to hit BESS finances
BESS projects in ERCOT, Texas, will be hit by a double whammy of market saturation and new rules around minimum state-of-charge (SOC), as the technology helps the state battle a severe heatwave.
RWE connects 548MWh battery storage project to California’s CAISO grid
RWE has brought its biggest utility-scale BESS project in the US closer to the start of commercial operations.
Supply chain, interconnection queues result in slow Q1 for US energy storage industry
After a record-breaking year in 2022, the US energy storage industry has seen second successive quarter of declines in installation figures.
Form Energy signs ‘definitive agreement’ for 100-hour iron-air BESS with Georgia Power
‘Multi-day storage’ tech company Form Energy and US utility Georgia Power have sealed a “definitive agreement” for a grid-scale project.
Avantus sells California solar-plus-storage project with 500MW/2,000MWh BESS to AES
AES Corporation has added the 2GW Bellefield solar-plus-storage project to its portfolio after acquiring it from the project developer, Avantus.
Goldman Sachs-backed standalone energy storage startup Gridstor building first project in California
US energy storage developer Gridstor has announced the start of construction of its first project, a 60MW/160MWh BESS in California.
US energy storage investor Eolian continues to raise funds with US$515 million Green Loan
Eolian has taken the amount of financing it has raised in just three years since founding to more than a billion-and-a-half-dollars.
