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Dominion Energy launches RFP for solar and storage projects in Virginia
By Simon Yuen April 15, 2024 Utility Dominion Energy must procure 2,700MW of energy storage resources by 2035 in Virginia. Pictured is one of the utility’s recently commissioned early efforts. Image: Dominion Energy. US utility Dominion Energy is seeking proposals for solar, wind a...Read more -
Tesvolt breaks ground on 4GWh BESS manufacturing plant in Germany
ByCameron Murray April 10, 2024 Company executives, local stakeholders and German politicians marking the start of construction at the plant. Image: Tesvolt. Commercial and industrial (C&I) BESS provider Tesvolt has begun construction of its latest 4GWh manufacturing plant in...Read more -
The future of home energy: Huawei’s flagship residential energy storage product
By Solar Media Staff March 29, 2024 Huawei: Advancing the Intelligent World Huawei’s flagship Residential Solar ESS product, the LUNA2000-7/14/21-S1 (Huawei LUNA S1), represents a significant leap in home energy solutions technology. With exceptional energy efficiency and enhanced saf...Read more -
Developer Better Energy to deploy its first large-scale BESS at Danish solar plant
ByCameron Murray March 27, 2024 Better Energy’s Rødkilde Solar Park in Denmark. Image: Better Energy. Developer Better Energy is deploying its first battery energy storage system (BESS), a 10MW/12MWh system, at one of its solar PV plants in Denmark. The company is installing ...Read more -
DOE: US energy storage pipeline up 300% since Inflation Reduction Act passed
ByCameron Murray March 21, 2024 Audience members during a session at the Energy Storage Summit USA 2024 in Austin, Texas, this week. Image: Solar Media. There is a four-fold difference between how much energy storage the US Department of Energy (DOE) forecasted would be deployed by...Read more -
Charzer Brings EV Charger On WhatsApp With Its New Feature For Ease Of Use
Charzer Brings EV Charger On WhatsApp With Its New Feature For Ease Of Use Opportunity India Desk Oct 26 2023 – 3 min read Charzer is powering more than 19 lakh EV kilometers every month by dispensing 300 Mega Wh of electricity across over 250 cities in India. Charzer, an EV Charger st...Read more -
Michigan regulators approve utility DTE’s BESS project, deny another’s proposed solar PV plan
By JP Casey March 19, 2024 Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Michigan’s clean energy legislation into law late last year. Image: Gretchen Whitmer via X/Twitter The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved a bid made by the DTE Electric Company to replace a coal-fir...Read more -
Charzer Brings EV Charging On WhatsApp With Its New Feature For Ease Of Use
Charzer Brings EV Charging On WhatsApp With Its New Feature For Ease Of Use Opportunity India Desk Oct 26 2023 – 3 min read Charzer is powering more than 19 lakh EV kilometers every month by dispensing 300 Mega Wh of electricity across over 250 cities in India. Charzer, an EV chargin...Read more -
Fluence to supply BESS to 300MWh UK project at decommissioned coal power plant site
By George Heynes March 13, 2024 Detail of a 10.8MW battery storage project using Fluence GridStack BESS hardware at a wind farm in Ireland, Europe. Image: Fluence. Global systems integrator Fluence will supply batteries for a 150MW/300MWh battery storage project being develope...Read more -
Long-duration energy storage: UK’s House of Lords tells government to get on with it’and act fast
By George Heynes March 14, 2024 Pumped hydro energy storage is among the technologies expected to be included in UK support schemes for LDES. Pictured are turbines at Cruachan Dam, one of the country’s four existing PHES facilities. Image: Drax Power. The UK’s House of Lords Sc...Read more -
UK batteries, pumped hydro get 2.9GW of T-4 Capacity Market contracts at record price
Capacity awarded by primary fuel type. Image: National Grid ESO. The UK electricity system operator’s T-4 Capacity Market Auction (CMA) for delivery year 2027/28 cleared earlier this week (27 February) after two rounds at an “all-time high” clearing price of £65 (US$82.23)/kW/year. Fintan De...Read more -
BLM approves Clearway’s 150MW BESS at California wind project
The project is at an existing wind farm project in California. Image: The Bureau of Land Management. The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given the go-ahead for a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) co-located with a wind plant in California. BLM has approved the Alta Wi...Read more