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Kraken dips its tendrils into SolarEdge; battery customers can now join virtual power plant

This partnership will allow SolarEdge customers to charge their batteries when it energy is most abundant and sell excess back to the grid to support supply at peak times – all automated by Kraken.

New York drafts updates to its fire code to address battery storage growth

The draft code language was meant to address the recommendations from the Governor’s Interagency Fire Safety Working Group.

Thousands of Texans kept the lights on through Beryl via Sunnova solar + storage systems

Nearly 3,000 Houston-area Sunnova customers kept the lights on after Hurricane Beryl, generating more than 485,000 kWh of energy.

‘Will you leave?’: A rural Texas community pushes back against batteries

A developer wants a tax abatement for a Texas battery project. Locals seem to have other ideas.

New York gets federal funding to demonstrate fire-safe long-duration energy storage

The New York Power Authority, Urban Electric Power, and EPRI will develop installations demonstrating 10-24 hours of long-duration storage.

Clearway begins construction on 200 MW solar, 113.5 MW storage projects in California

Luna Valley is a 200 MW solar project in Fresno County, and Daggett Storage is a 113.5 MW standalone battery energy storage project in San Bernardino County and is the final phase of the 482 MW Daggett Solar + 394 MW Storage complex.

Sinovoltaics launches battery system analysis service to detect imbalances at the factory

The service is meant to detect and correct thermal, electrical, and capacity imbalance issues directly at the BESS factory….

SunPower no longer supporting solar lease PPAs, sales, and installations (UPDATE: Renova Energy pauses operations)

SunPower’s current conundrum can be traced back to late 2023, when the company announced it had breached a credit agreement due to late financial reporting caus…

CPUC proposes 7.6 GW of offshore wind over the next decade

The CPUC proposal calls for up to 1 GW of enchanced geothermal, 1 GW of multi-day LDES, and 1 GW of LDES with minimum 12 hour discharge….

$860M DOE loan to facilitate utility-scale solar + storage in Puerto Rico

Collectively, the project comprises 200 MW of solar PV and up to 285 MW (1,140 MWh) of stand-alone BESS capacity. …

The house always wins: Massive Gemini solar + storage outside of Las Vegas reaches commercial operations

Gemini’s 1.8 million solar panels can generate up to 690 MW, and the arrays are co-located with 380 MW of 4-hour battery storage….

EDP Renewables cuts ribbon on 200 MW solar + storage park in Fresno County

The 200 MW solar and storage site has previously announced PPAs with Ava Community Energy and San José Clean Energy….

Canadian Solar to deliver battery energy storage solutions to Texas, Nova Scotia

e-STORAGE will deliver a 498 MWh DC standalone BESS to an Aypa project in Texas and will develop energy storage projects across Nova Scotia….

Ameresco to construct largest standalone BESS in the Pacific Northwest

The battery energy storage system (BESS) will have a 20-year guaranteed capacity of 25 megawatts (MW) and 100 megawatt-hours (MWh)…

Here comes the boom: Wood Mackenzie forecasts massive solar, wind, and storage growth

WoodMac predicts 5.4 TWac of new solar and wind will come online by 2033, as global energy storage capacity grows by more than 600%….