UK renewable energy developer OnPath Energy has achieved financial close on the Common Farm Solar Park, its first co-located solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) project. Located near the Todwick Road Industrial Estate in Dinnington, South Yorkshire, east of…
A new product standard for battery storage is being developed for the UK market that could see manufacturers face tighter cybersecurity rules and potentially factory inspections. UK certification body MCS is consulting on a battery storage product standard that will…
Conow, a residential storage brand backed by Chinese smart-home software giant Tuya Smart, has launched its Atlas 6000 AC home battery in Germany. Tuya, a New York-listed company with a $1 billion market cap that builds the white-label smartphone apps…
French developer Neoen Australia has raised a debt financing package of AUD 1.8 billion, for a 1.2 GW portfolio of projects that includes the Culcairn and Hornsdale battery storage projects and 440 MWp Culcairn Solar Farm. The 13 Australian and international lenders involved are…
Qualitas Energy has secured $286 million in non-recourse financing for a Chilean renewable energy portfolio comprising 259 MW of generation capacity and 840 MWh of battery energy storage. The eight-asset portfolio includes a 154 MWp solar project paired with battery…
IndiGrid and EnerGrid have commissioned a 250 MW/500 MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Rajasthan, India, through a special purpose vehicle, Rajasthan BESS Private Ltd (RBPL). The commissioning marks IndiGrid’s third utility-scale BESS project to become operational.…
A consortium led by Wuhan Tianyuan Group Co., Ltd. has won a CNY 3.64 billion ($535 million) equipment supply and installation tender for a 1 GW / 4 GWh shared energy storage project in Lingwu, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest…
While most solar and storage setups are designed around a home, the founding team behind outdoor living brand Outer is putting the tech to use in a new backyard pavilion in a new company called Outer Spaces. Designed to fit…
BW ESS has acquired two standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) from Recurrent Energy in France. Both projects have a capacity of 100 MW/400 MWh and are located in the regions of Calvados and Eastern Pyrenees. The two BESS assets…
September showed just how quickly conditions can change in the German electricity market. While high gas prices continued to support wholesale electricity prices, the declining influence of summer solar generation made periods of low renewable output increasingly significant. This was…