Swell’s largest contract yet comes after lining up $450 million to aggregate residential solar-battery systems to help the grid. Hawaii’s largest utility enlisted a new tool in its quest for a carbon-free electricity system: thousands of batteries installed in people’s homes. Hawaiian Electric won regulator approval for a $25 million plan to harness solar and […]
Hannon Armstrong and Clearway Link $950M Solar, Wind and Storage Investment
Nearly 2 gigawatts of existing and new projects from Hawaii and California to Texas and West Virginia. Hannon Armstrong and Clearway Energy Inc. are jointly investing about $950 million in a nearly 2-gigawatt portfolio of existing and new wind, solar and energy storage projects, capping off a year of record-setting U.S. renewables growth with an […]
Invinity Flow Battery Costs Fell 30% Post-Merger, Says Exec
The vanadium flow battery company formed from RedT and Avalon will complete profitable projects in 2021. When two of the long-duration flow battery sector’s leaders ran into problems, a frequent partner, vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals, suggested they should discuss a merger. The U.K.’s RedT Energy and U.S. firm Avalon completed that process in March. The […]
More Big Batteries Coming to the West, as EDF Renewables Nabs Deal With NV Energy
In a separate decision, regulators said a New Mexico utility can replace the power it gets from the San Juan coal plant with solar and storage. EDF Renewables plans to build a 200-megawatt solar plant with a 180-megawatt/720-megawatt-hour battery for Nevada utility NV Energy, the developer announced Wednesday, adding to the growing list of large […]
Enel targets 1GW of battery deployment alongside major renewables push
Enel Green Power has broken ground on its first solar-storage hybrid project in the US, setting its sights on deploying 1GW of energy storage over the next two years in the process. The clean energy arm of Italian utility Enel has started construction on the Lily solar storage project in Kaufman County, Texas. It will […]
UK’s Largest Solar Project Approved, Will Snub Government Subsidies
A 350-megawatt U.K. solar project won its planning approval in Britain, hinting at a revival of a once-booming market. Cleve Hill, the U.K.’s largest-ever solar project, received its government planning approvals this week. The question is how the 350-megawatt development proceeds from here in a large-scale solar market that has all but died out. Located […]
Hawaiian Electric Reveals Full List of Winners From Its Big Energy Storage Procurement
The winners range from energy storage stalwarts to relative newcomers to the large-scale battery business. Hawaiian Electric this week revealed the full list of winners from its second large-scale procurement of energy storage and renewables for the islands of Oahu, Maui and Hawaii. The winners run the gamut from major industry players like AES and Engie to […]
SunPower Halts All Global Manufacturing, Cuts Employee Workweek
The stoppage does not affect SunPower’s plan to spin off its manufacturing arm, called Maxeon Solar Technologies, by the middle of the year. SunPower on Monday announced a pause on its global manufacturing and work cutbacks for all other employees, while further reducing executive salaries. A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission detailing the […]
Google Inks Huge Corporate Solar-Plus-Storage Deal in Nevada
NV Energy will provide 350 megawatts of solar and as much as 280 megawatts of battery storage for a new Google data center. Google and Nevada utility NV Energy have joined up on an energy supply agreement to power an under-construction data center outside Las Vegas, with future capacity that rivals the largest corporate solar […]
Why Is Wind + Storage Getting Short Shrift?
Hybrid plants combining wind, solar and batteries can reliably supply electricity during peak-demand hours, the author writes. Chandu Visweswariah is founding president and CEO of Utopus Insights, a New York-based energy analytics company acquired last year by Vestas. Competitive markets are wonderful crucibles of innovation. With decades of accumulated manufacturing experience for use in portable […]