Goldman Sachs-backed GridStor buys 2GWh of California projects
The projects are located in the greater Los Angeles area. Image: Slices of Light/Flickr. New Goldman Sachs-backed developer GridStor has acquired a portfolio of in-development battery storage projects in LA, California, from Upstream Energy, totalling 500MW/2,000MWh.
Ameresco to build California BESS for Silicon Valley Power
Silicon Valley Power (SVP) has selected Ameresco, a Massachusetts-based renewable energy developer, to build a 50MW/200 megawatt-hour (MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) in Santa Clara, California, US. The BESS project, known as Kifer Energy Storage, will offer additional local area capacity with a reliable and flexible electrical system.
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Energy storage can provide a multitude of benefits to California, including supporting the integration of greater amounts of renewable energy into the electric grid, deferring the need for new fossil-fueled power plants and transmission
California utility signs PPA with NextEra for eight-hour energy storage
The California ISO''s (CAISO) Resource Adequacy programme, through which utilities secure capacity from generating units, only requires a four-hour duration for energy storage. Energy-Storage.news has asked CPA for more details and will update this article in
Expansion complete at world''s biggest battery storage system in California
Augmentation at the Vistra Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility in California has been completed, with the world''s biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) now at 400MW / 1,600MWh. "The energy storage facility that Vistra is deploying in Moss Landing will help us build a more reliable, low-emission grid, providing zero-emission
Convergent Energy + Power brings online two grid-scale battery storage
Convergent Energy + Power has celebrated the successful commissioning and start of commercial operations at two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects with a combined capacity of 60MWh in California, US. The energy storage developer said yesterday that the two storage systems it financed and developed in California''s Orange County are
Giant Solar + Storage Project Turned on in California
5 天之前· The solar portion provides 384 MW of power capacity, while the energy storage component provides 150 MW/600 MWh of power and energy storage capacity. Also, this is just
Large-scale battery storage plant chosen by California community
Earlier this year, Alamitos, another 100MW / 400MWh California battery storage project was inaugurated by power producer AES Corporation and its part-owned BESS technology company Fluence, with that one chosen over a new-build natural gas project, while utility Florida Power & Light said installation of batteries has begun at Manatee Energy
PG&E: California''s largest utility on the roles of energy storage
Long-time readers of Energy-Storage.news over the past 10 years will recall that as California''s AB2514 legislation put in place a mandate for the IOUs to procure 1.325GW of energy storage between them by 2020, an outsized portion of our reporting was driven by activity in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) bulk power system.
Ormat signs California BESS agreement in shift
The energy storage division opened in 2020, following the company''s 2017 acquisition of energy storage developer Viridity. Ormat decided to enter the market to broaden its revenue base and noted in 2020 that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted revenues from its geothermal power generation and development as well as waste-to-heat generation.
Goldman Sachs-backed standalone energy storage
The project in Goleta, California, as it looks under construction. Image: Gridstor. Updated 8 June 2023: Gridstor VP of policy and strategy Jason Burwen offered some more details on the project to Energy-Storage.news.The
Local authority approval for 2,000MW California
Recent developments reported by Energy-Storage.news include a 2.1GWh, three-project portfolio of BESS that will be owned by utility Southern California Edison and a 226MWh build-out of vanadium flow battery storage at solar PV sites by community energy supplier Central Coast Community Energy.
California: ''Energy storage revolution is here,'' says
California now has more than 10GW of battery storage, with Governor Gavin Newsom hailing the state''s "energy storage revolution," which is underway. Cumulative installations have now reached 10,379MW in the state,
NextEra to build 600MW BESS in San Bernadino
NextEra is one of the largest clean energy operators in the US, and owns this BESS, the Desert Sunlight Battery Energy Storage System project. Image: NextEra Energy Resources. Independent power producer (IPP)
Large-scale battery storage plant chosen by California
Earlier this year, Alamitos, another 100MW / 400MWh California battery storage project was inaugurated by power producer AES Corporation and its part-owned BESS technology company Fluence, with that one chosen over
Second eight-hour lithium-ion battery system
Pictured is California''s largest flow battery installation. Image: SDG&E / Ted Walton. A group representing community energy suppliers in California has made its second long-duration energy storage procurement, with the selected bid once again a lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS).
Battery storage helping California reduce renewable curtailment
Battery storage has a big role to play in helping reduce renewable energy curtailment in California but the amount of shedded load will still grow in 2023, an analyst told Energy-Storage.news.. Grid operator CAISO recently revealed that a total of 2.4TWh of wind and solar production was curtailed over the course of 2022, of which roughly two-thirds occurs in
Eos Energy Secures 400 MWh Order with International Electric
2 天之前· EDISON, N.J., Dec. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: EOSE) ("Eos" or the "Company"), America''s leading innovator in the design,
Goldman Sachs brings online California solar-plus
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power (GSRP) has cut the ribbon to signal the completion of work on Slate, a large-scale solar-plus-storage project in Kings County, California. The project pairs 300MW of solar PV with a 140.25MW/561MWh battery
Amazon, community choice groups buy power from hybrid solar,
Power from new co-located renewable energy and battery projects in California will be bought by Amazon and a number of Community Choice Aggregators (CCAs). A celebration event was held on Tuesday (22 October) to inaugurate two new solar-plus-storage power plants in Adelanto, a city in California''s San Bernadino County, by their developer and
Engie California BESS faces further delays
Another BESS fire in California. As recently reported by Energy-Storage.news, a fire broke out on September 5, 2024 at a BESS facility located at the site of IOU San Diego Gas & Electric''s (SDG&E''s) Escondido substation in San Diego County, California.
California''s CPUC proposes 2GW LDES procurement
The CPUC in California has determined that the state needs 10.6GW of new long lead-time resources, including 2GW of LDES. Skip to content. Solar Media. (CPUC) has proposed the procurement of over 10GW of new energy resources, including 1GW of multi-day long-duration energy storage (LDES) and another 1GW of 12-hour-plus LDES.
EDPR completes California solar-plus-storage project
EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has inaugurated the 200MW/40MW Scarlet I solar-plus-storage project in Fresno County, California. The project''s solar and energy storage capacity is contracted under two power purchase agreements (PPAs) with local Californian electricity suppliers; Ava Community Energy for 100MW of solar capacity
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California solar-plus-storage project with world
The Edwards & Sanborn solar-plus-storage project in California is now fully online, with 875MWdc of solar PV and 3,287MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, the world''s largest. The 4,600-acre project in
RWE connects 548MWh battery storage project to California''s
Germany utility company RWE has brought its biggest utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) project in the US closer to the start of commercial operations. The company said yesterday (14 June) that its project, called Fifth Standard, has now been connected to the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) grid. E.On''s EC&R
California Sees Unprecedented Growth in Energy
SACRAMENTO — New data show California is surging forward with the buildout of battery energy storage systems with more than 6,600 megawatts (MW) online, enough electricity to power 6.6 million homes for up
Energy Vault to start deploying 275MWh BESS in
A render of the Energy Vault''s Resiliency Center, it''s gravity-based energy storage solution, next to a solar PV array. Image: Energy Vault. Gravity-based energy storage company Energy Vault is to immediately begin
Eight-hour lithium-ion project wins in California
Lithium-ion battery storage inside LS Power''s 250MW / 250MWh Gateway project in California, part of REV Renewables'' existing portfolio. Image: PR Newsfoto / LS Power. An eight-hour duration lithium-ion battery project has become the first long-duration energy storage resource selected by a group of non-profit energy suppliers in California.
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Scaling Up And Crossing Bounds: Energy Storage in California. Energy Storage Proceedings. R.10-12-007: In December 2010, the CPUC opened a Rulemaking to set policy for California Load Serving Entities (LSEs) to consider the procurement of viable and cost-effective energy storage systems in response to AB 2514. This rulemaking identified energy
Gridstor starts commercial operations at Goleta storage facility
Gridstor starts commercial operations at 60MW/160MWh California battery storage facility. By JP Casey. December 6, 2023. Americas, US & Canada. Grid Scale. Technology, Business, Materials has verified with Energy-Storage.news that it voted unanimously 3 December, to certify utility Georgia Power''s plans to build 500MW of battery
California support for long-duration storage
While there is a big green energy industry controversy hanging over California at present, with the future of net metering (NEM) for rooftop solar in doubt, the support for energy storage has been welcomed by the Long Duration Energy Storage Association of California trade group. "We applaud Governor Newsom for reconfirming his commitment to address our state''s
Engie goes to CEC for BESS approval after local application denied
Intersect Power''s proposed Darden facility will consist of an up to 1,150MW behind-the-meter solar farm and 4.6GWh BESS hooked up to a 1,150MW green hydrogen generation facility in Fresno County, California. As reported in Energy-Storage.News, Intersect Power recently brought online its Oberon Solar and Storage project (pictured above) which