Guest post by: Jim Hietala, Vice President, Sustainability and Market Development for The Open Group There is a pattern that shows up whenever an industry experiences a wave of new regulation. The first response is usually predictable: organizations focus on…
Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) has issued authorization decrees for four battery energy storage system (BESS) projects totaling 310 MW across the regions of Puglia and Emilia-Romagna. The largest project is the 180 MW Energy Storage San…
Power firm Axpo and IPP Zelestra have entered into a long-term toll for a BESS project in northern Italy, Zelestra’s second deal in July.
Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s alternative investments platform, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, announced an agreement with German power producer RWE’s U.S.-based subsidiary RWE America’s U.S. Distributed Clean Energy (DCE) business. According to Goldman Sachs, the acquisition comes as surging power demand and…
Mecpower Solutions Ltd, an Indian integrated renewable energy infrastructure company, has signed a deal with the state government of Gujarat to set up a 5 GWh BESS assembly facility at Karjan, with an envisaged investment of around INR 1.6 billion…
LG Energy Solution (LG ES) posted a profitable second quarter this year, with investments in battery storage in the US and EV cell production in Europe paying off.
Colombia has awarded contracts for nearly 100 MW of battery energy storage systems paired with about 270 MW of new solar capacity in the first round of its long-term clean energy auction. The Ministry of Mines and Energy said the…
French developer Neoen has expanded its battery storage portfolio in Australia to more than 2.7 GW GWh in operation or under construction after securing two 15-year contracts for 75 MW of eight-hour capacity services in South Australia’s Firm Energy Reliability…
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has submitted a 520MW standalone BESS in the ACT to Australia’s EPBC Act.
Large data centres should serve as “anchor tenants” for new renewable energy generation, storage, and transmission investment, leveraging the scale and longevity of digital infrastructure commitments to advance energy projects rather than waiting for supply to arrive.