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.
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.
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.
Construction starts at Form Energy’s first factory for 100-hour duration iron-air batteries
Groundbreaking has taken place in West Virginia, US, for the factory where startup Form Energy will be mass producing batteries for long-duration energy storage (LDES) applications.
Texas: ITC-aided 200MW merchant project comes online, CATL in 5GWh supply deal
Texas continues to be a hotbed for energy storage activity, as CATL announces major supply deal and first project to get ITC comes online.
Developer Agilitas to expand from Northeast US base with US$75 million Texas BESS portfolio acquisition
Agilitas Energy, a developer of distributed and smaller utility-scale solar PV and battery storage projects in the US, has entered the Texas ERCOT market.
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.
