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Gresham House and NextEra California battery

NextEra gets go-ahead for 300MW extension to California BESS . In related news, the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the Sunlight Storage II Battery Energy Storage System project, an

California project with world''s biggest battery at

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

SCE seeks approval for 750MW of energy storage RA contracts

Rev Renewables'' LeConte project in Calexico, along the US-Mexico border in California. Image: Wartsila. Investor-owned public utility Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) of two new resource adequacy (RA) agreements covering 750MW of nameplate battery storage capacity.

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. There is a 10-year agreement for Resource Adequacy in place with PG&E for the Phase 2 capacity, while Phase 1 has a 20-year agreement along similar lines

PG&E seeks approval of 575MW+ hybrid BESS procurement

Hanwha Energy Corporation-owned 174 Power Global has secured a CAISO interconnection agreement for the entire Atlas development covering 3200MW of solar and 1920MW of battery storage capacity (queue no. 1402). Construction on the northern portion of the Atlas development is expected to commence this year. PG&E also signs 100MW+ in RA

Eolian to construct two BESS facilities in Texas for CPS Energy

Eolian CEO Aaron Zubaty stated: "Following on to the 50MW Padua 1 project already under construction for CPS Energy, this additional 350MW of four-hour duration battery energy storage will provide new dispatchable capacity to the San Antonio area by mid-2026, representing the single largest buildout of standalone battery energy storage in

AES switches on 400MWh California battery project alongside ''modernised

Update 28 January 2021: An AES Corporation representative told Energy-Storage.news that the new natural gas plant at the Alamitos site went online in early 2020 and offered a bit more clarity on the applications and benefits of the battery project, as well as sharing some photographs of the project, which we''ve also added: "The BESS is sited at the Alamitos

NextEra to build 600MW BESS in San Bernadino

300MW/1,200MWh worth of BESS capacity at US$18.76/kW-month fixed rate . The proposed Roadhouse Energy Storage project will utilise lithium-ion battery technology encompassing a 20-acre site located

Second eight-hour lithium-ion battery system picked in California

Energy storage is already proving its worth in the state. Energy-Storage.news reported yesterday that according to CAISO, California''s main grid and wholesale markets operator, battery storage deployments grew 12-fold on its network in 2021 from 2020 figures.

California county progresses Avantus'' 2GW battery & solar project

A site map of the proposed project in Kern County, California. Image: Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department. The Kern County, California hybrid facility will have the capability to generate up to 2GW of solar power co-located with up to 2GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, spanning approximately 12,875 acres of privately

Battery storage as peaking capacity: How Alamitos changed the

Commissioned at the start of this year, the Alamitos Battery Energy Storage System in California is a landmark project for the industry in having competed against natural gas to provide peaking capacity for the grid. Andy Colthorpe finds out the project''s backstory from Fluence''s Ray Hohenstein and AES'' Mark Miller.

California gas peaker plants to get battery storage upgrades

Large-scale battery storage systems will be used to increase the efficiency of natural gas peaker plants in California, resulting in reduced emissions. Battery storage solutions and software provider FlexGen announced this morning that it has been contracted by independent power producer (IPP) Middle River Power for the projects.

Charging Up: CAISO Battery Storage Tops 5 GW

On July 11, the California Independent System Operator hit a new record: more than 5 GW of battery storage capacity fully integrated into the electrical grid and available for dispatch. Elliot Mainzer, the ISO''s president and chief executive officer, said that in just three years, the grid catapulted from a mere 500 MW of storage to 5,600 MW

Convergent Energy + Power brings online two grid

The two projects (pictured) are sited at a Southern California Edison substation in Santa Ana, California. Image: Convergent Energy + Power. Convergent Energy + Power has celebrated the successful commissioning

LS Power-Diablo Battery Energy Storage System, US

The LS Power-Diablo Battery Energy Storage System is a 50,000kW energy storage project located in Contra Costa County, California, US. The project is a part of LS Power''s Capacity Storage Agreement (CSA) with California utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). Under the agreement, Diablo Energy Storage, LLC, a subsidiary of LS power will

Convergent Energy + Power brings online two grid-scale battery storage

The two projects (pictured) are sited at a Southern California Edison substation in Santa Ana, California. Image: Convergent Energy + Power. 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.

LG Energy Solution: ''Fully committed'' to US battery storage market

However, a new factory with 16GWh of annual production capacity dedicated to cells for stationary battery storage applications, set to be built in Arizona and announced last year, is currently on hold. The decision came after an official groundbreaking ceremony had already taken place in March.

California exceeds another clean energy milestone

Within the past five years, California has grown its battery storage capacity by more than 15 times, up from just 770 MW in 2019. To put this progress into perspective, it took the state nearly five years to reach 10,000

California reaches 6.6GW of battery storage, CEC

California has 6.6GW of battery storage online, said the CEC, while Gore Street has secured US$60 million for a 400MWh project in the state. Skip to content. Solar Media. Texas utility CPS Energy and developer OCI

Utility SDG&E, developers Tenaska and Arevon move

Saticoy, a 100MW/400MWh battery storage project by Arevon, inaugurated last year in California. Image: Arevon Asset Management. Progress has been made on 1.8GWh of battery energy storage projects in the service areas of California investor-owned utilities (IOUs) San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E).

Community Choice group PPA, SDG&E project

California grid operator CAISO has previously said that around 2,000MW of battery storage would be installed in the state by the start of this quarter of the year, a huge jump from around 250MW connected to the grid by mid-2020. The majority of new capacity is four-hour duration lithium-ion battery storage, CAISO said.

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.

New Data Shows Growth in California''s Clean Electricity

To complement California''s abundant renewable energy resources, the state is focused on deploying energy storage. According to the California Independent System Operator, battery storage capacity has

California utility SCE''s latest battery storage contracts to take

California utility SCE''s latest battery storage contracts to take company beyond 2GW mark. By Andy Colthorpe. December 9, 2020. Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric began their procurements of energy storage capacity largely as a result of the AB 2514 mandated target of 1.35GW by 2024 set by state legislators, all three

Eolian to construct two BESS facilities in Texas for CPS

Eolian CEO Aaron Zubaty stated: "Following on to the 50MW Padua 1 project already under construction for CPS Energy, this additional 350MW of four-hour duration battery energy storage will provide new

California PUC authorises centralised procurement

The plan, as reported by Energy-Storage.news in July, is based on an initial need determination made by the CPUC, which found that up to 10.6GW of long-lead-time (LLT) clean energy resources should be procured by 2037 in support of California''s 2045 decarbonisation goal.. This would include up to 7.6GW of offshore wind and up to 1GW of

California: SCE witholding payment to Ameresco after BESS delays

Ameresco has developed the three projects, totalling 537.5MW/2,150MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, for SCE through a turnkey engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance (EPCM) The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the EPCM agreement, worth an estimated US$1.226 billion, in December

Baltic Storage Platform breaks ground on 400MWh BESS in Estonia

Baltic Storage Platform, a joint venture (JV), has broken ground on two new 200MW/400MWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Estonia. The JV between Estonian energy company Evecon, French solar PV developer Corsica Sole, and asset manager Mirova will develop the 2-hour duration systems, with plans for the first to be commissioned in 2025

California utility PG&E proposes 1.6GW/6.4GWh of new battery storage

The site includes separately utilised standalone battery storage and solar-plus-storage facilities Image: Terra-Gen / CPA. Plans to procure energy from nine large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in California have been announced by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), one of the state''s three main investor-owned utilities.

Terra-Gen to investigate cause of Valley Center battery storage fire

Terra-Gen will investigate the cause of a fire at its Valley Center battery storage system in California, with public safety measures lifted. Skip to content. Solar Media. The project, near San Diego, was announced as online by Terra-Gen in March 2022 and has an energy storage capacity of 140MW/560MWh.

California project with world''s biggest battery at

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.

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