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8minute Solar Energy (8minute) announced that the company has added 3 gigawatts (GW) of large-scale solar projects to its development pipeline this month, for a total of over 18 GW—enough to provide power for 20 million people. The company further announced it has attracted additional corporate-level funding to develop the rapidly growing pipeline, the majority of which will be converted to the company’s new generation solar power plant design with battery energy storage. Keep reading.
The US state of Massachusetts has issued an emergency regulation to its Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) programme, that includes doubling the PV capacity it seeks to help deploy as well as mandating the addition of energy storage on projects over 500kW. Keep reading.
Clean Power Alliance (CPA) last week said it has inked its first Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) after its board of directors approved the 100-MW Luna Storage standalone battery storage project. CPA said the project is the largest energy storage deal for a CCA in California and one of the largest in the entire state. Keep reading.
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing industry-wide job losses, but many storage developers are optimistic they won’t have to reduce their workforce, according to a survey conducted by the U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA). The survey included 101 storage companies, including contractors, three-fourths of which did not expect they would reduce employment — despite the fact that nearly two-thirds anticipate a decrease in revenue. Keep reading.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is exploring the possibility of using energy storage resources to improve the performance and flexibility of fossil fuel plants, and intends to announce a funding opportunity for projects in the second quarter of 2020.Co-locating energy storage with fossil-fueled facilities could provide more reliable and affordable energy with cleaner environmental performance, benefiting asset owners and the grid, the agency said in a press release. Keep reading.
Several California towns will soon benefit from new lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery energy storage systems. California Choice Energy Authority (CalChoice), a hybrid of five operational community choice aggregations (CCAs) in the cities of Lancaster, Pico Rivera, Rancho Mirage, San Jacinto, and the Town of Apple Valley, California will be able to take advantage of this program. Under the new contract, esVolta will develop, build, and operate the Black Walnut Energy Storage project, a 15 MW/60 MWh facility to be built in Santa Paula, California. The project is slated to be in service by June 2022. Keep reading.
California officials expect that the state needs 1 gigawatt of new long-duration energy storage by 2026 to advance its clean-energy transition. That figure emerged in the “reference system portfolio” that the California Public Utilities Commission approved on March 26. The grid planning document calls for no new gas plants, although almost all of the existing capacity is expected to remain online throughout the decade. But it adds 11 gigawatts of utility-scale solar by 2030, nearly 3 gigawatts of wind and a groundbreaking amount of energy storage. Keep reading.
The state of Hawai’i has set a goal of getting 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2045. Clearly, in order to reach that goal, grid-scale battery storage will be required. Now Hawaiian Electric, which supplies electricity to 95% of Hawai’i residents, says it is looking at installing up to 1 gigawatt-hour of battery storage. Keep reading.
The surge in renewable energy such as wind and solar power is a reason why energy storage solutions developer KORE Power has announced it intends to open a U.S. plant with a tentative 2021 start construction timeline and goal of creating approximately 2,000 jobs when fully operational. The plant — in a location yet to be determined — will produce lithium-ion batteries for wind and solar operations, microgrids and other large-scale uses. Keep reading.
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