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Startup spotlight: Photon Vault’s thermal energy storage

A participating company in the DISTRIBUTECH International Initiate program, California-based Photon Vault will soon showcase its thermal energy storage solution at DISTRIBUTECH International, set for February 26-29, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.

We’ve got a new champ! World’s largest solar + storage facility fully operational in California

02.19.2024

Terra-Gen’s Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Energy Storage project generates 875 MWdc of solar energy and has 3,287 MWh of energy storage with a total interconnection capacity of 1,300 MW.

Startup spotlight: EarthEn’s CO2-based storage systems for renewables

02.14.2024

A participating company in the DISTRIBUTECH International Initiate program, EarthEn will soon showcase its storage solutions at DISTRIBUTECH International, set for February 26-29, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.

Snow can’t slow renewable energy progress at RE+ Northeast

02.13.2024

Thousands of renewable energy professionals are in Boston for RE+ NE, discussing the future of solar and storage in the Northeast.

Rising capital costs thwarts clean energy in emerging economies

02.12.2024

Many emerging market and developing economies are missing out on clean energy investment as the high cost of capital for projects is deterring developers.

Startup Spotlight: Florrent’s hemp-based ultracapacitors

02.08.2024

Florrent is a minority-owned company creating high energy density ultracapacitors from hemp biomass grown regeneratively by BIPOC farmers. A participating company in the DISTRIBUTECH International Initiate program, florrent will soon showcase its solutions at DISTRIBUTECH International, set for February 26-29, 2024 in Orlando, Florida.

New York group releases first battery fire recommendations

02.06.2024

The creation of the working group was announced last summer after multiple battery fires occurred in the state.

‘We’re playing catch up’: How grid operators see the future of battery storage

From interconnection to market structures, U.S. power grid operators are grappling with an onslaught of battery storage development, which has boomed due to the…

1 GWh battery storage project underway in Arizona

The facility is expected to become operational in April 2025, and will provide the grid solar energy during high stress….

Apex partners with Korean energy giants to advance Texas battery storage projects

The joint venture, SA Grid Solutions, owns Great Kiskadee, a utility-scale battery project under construction in Texas, and says it anticipates purchasing and a…

A “postcard from the future,” Hawaii says aloha to “most advanced” BESS in the world

The Kapolei Energy Storage facility, billed as “the most advanced battery energy storage system in the world,” is now operational….

NREL scenarios project huge growth in solar/wind, lower emissions, more tax credits

The Standard Scenarios is one of several annually updated NREL products designed to support decision-makers in the U.S. electricity sector….

Spearmint Energy completes 300 MWh battery storage project in Texas

The project reached mechanical completion following the delivery and installation of Sungrow’s PowerTitan Series battery energy storage system. …

The center will coordinate the research of hundreds of scientists working on a range of projects focused on science, security, and energy resilience….

LG subsidiary announces 10 ESS projects totaling 10 GWh

LG Energy Solution Vertech has lined up 10 GWh of grid-scale BESS projects in 2024, comprised of 10 integrated storage systems….

SRP and NextEra commission 100-MW battery system to store Arizona solar power

SRP and NextEra have commissioned a 100-MW battery energy storage system with a four-hour duration to store energy produced by Saint Solar….