UK-based climate tech venture capital platform Clean Growth Fund (CGF) announced that it has raised £81.5 million (USD$110.5 million) in investor commitments at the second close of its Fund II, focused on backing UK companies developing technologies that have the…
Chinese inverter and energy storage supplier Sungrow plans to procure battery cells from South Korea’s Samsung SDI for use in its energy storage systems, primarily to support deliveries to the U.S. market, a person familiar with the matter told ESS…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed that it has filed an enforcement action in a U.S. district court against proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), seeking information about the firm’s voting recommendations to investors that it said…
Utility Black Hills Energy has announced it will move forward with the construction of a 50MW/200MWh energy storage facility at its Pueblo Airport Generating Station (PAGS) in Colorado, US.
Farmland and land-use concerns were the primary reasons Bluewater, a municipality in Huron County, Ontario, rejected the Bayfield and Stanley CAES project in mid-August, according to draft meeting minutes and comments by local councillors. The rejection comes even as compressed…
Trade association Energy Storage Canada (ESC) has recommended establishing a Distributed Reliability Track for behind-the-meter (BTM) and distribution-connected energy storage in Ontario.
International investment manager M&G Investments announced the appointment of Jen Braswell as Global Head of Impact for its private markets business, a newly created role aimed at accelerating the growth of the investment manager’s impact investing platform. In her new…
Financial close has been reached for a 15 MW / 60 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at Windpark Greenport Venlo (WGV) in the Limburg region, Netherlands. The project initiator, WGV-EOS – a partnership between Greenchoice, ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact…
This edition of news in brief brings you BESS news from the UK market featuring Field, Eelpower and EDF, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.
Reform of Great Britain’s connections queue failed on multiple counts, according to the latest regulator assessment of grid operator National Energy System Operator (NESO)’s performance. The assessment confirms issues UK developers have been highlighting throughout the process. NESO has been…