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Slowly And Steadily, Battery Storage Builds Up To Make The Renewables Case Stronger

The announcement by Plus Power LLC of $1.8 billion in new financing for standalone battery storage, including the largest single such project financing to date, to help stabilize the U.S. electrical grid while incorporating more solar and wind energy should be welcomed. The news comes at a time when detractors have been challenging the relevance […]

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ENEL Adds Battery Storage As Texas Grapples With Extreme Demand Swings

Enel North America, a key energy utulity in the US and Canada, has more than tripled its operational utility-scale storage capacity this summer by bringing five new battery energy storage systems (BESS) online in Texas. The new batteries add over 369 MW / 555 MWh of dispatchable energy storage to the Texas power grid, helping increase grid […]

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Agilitas Energy Acquires Texas Energy Storage Systems Portfolio for $75 Million

American solar PV and storage conglomerate Agilitas Energy will be acquiring a portfolio of six standalone energy storage system (ESS) projects in the Greater Houston in Texas from Californian player Gulf States Renewable Energy, which is a subsidiary of GSR Energy. The official statement of Agilitas Energy held that the deal value about $75 million […]

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ENGIE Acquires 6 GW of Solar, Storage Capacity From Belltown Power US

ENGIE North America has announced it has acquired a 6-GW portfolio of solar, paired and standalone battery storage development projects from Belltown Power US. The transaction includes 33 projects comprising some 2.7 GW of Solar with 0.7 GW of paired storage and 2.6 GW of stand-alone battery storage. Belltown Power looks into the greenfield development […]

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Cypress Creek Acquires 400 MW Storage From Black Mountain  

USA-based renewable energy player Cypress Creek Renewables has added 400MW/600MWh to its storage portfolio after acquiring four Texas standalone energy storage projects from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES). The projects, each 100MW, are located throughout the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market and are currently under development. Cypress Creek said that it will continue […]

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Belltown Completes Development & Sale of 750 MW Solar Projects in 2020

Belltown Power Texas, a leading developer of utility-scale solar projects, has completed the development and sale of five projects adding up to 750 MW during the course of 2020, which brings the total Belltown track record to 930MW. Belltown specializes in greenfield development of projects, starting with site identification and navigating interconnection, real estate, permitting, […]

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Vistra Energy’s Upton 2 Solar Power Plant Commences Commercial Operation

The company said in a statement that this 180 MW plant is Texas’ largest operating solar facility. Integrated power company Vistra Energy has successfully commenced commercial operations of its Upton 2 solar power plant located in West Texas. The company said in a statement that this 180 MW plant is Texas’ largest operating solar facility. Further, it’s power generating subsidiary, Luminant, is […]

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Austin Energy’s La Loma Community Solar Farm Commences Operation

This is the largest community solar farm in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Electric utility, Austin Energy has started receiving solar energy from its La Loma Community Solar Farm after the project recently commenced operations in East Austin. This is the largest community solar farm in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). […]

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