Battery Storage
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The US has raised tariffs on a host of imported goods from China, including solar panels, batteries and EVs.
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Clenera has entered into a sale-leaseback agreement for its 300MW Aristco battery energy project with the City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, PFR has learned.
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Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has awarded offtake contracts to 13 battery storage, natural gas, and biogas projects, totalling 2.19GW — the capacity needed to power Toronto.
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Carey International Group (CIG) has hired Christopher Kane as its chief investment officer as the company grows its US renewables and real estate portfolio.
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Former Ørsted executives have merged their independent development companies, Cold Water Renewables and Greenbelt Renewable Energy, to create a utility-scale wind, solar, and storage company.
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Eaton has partnered with Endurant Energy to develop 10 battery storage projects in New York City, totalling 150MWh and an estimated $7 million investment.
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Santiago-based renewable developer Biwo Renovables is adding a duo of standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) projects to its development pipeline in Chile.
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Brookfield portfolio company Scout Clean Energy has closed a $100 million equipment supply loan with Rabobank for its pipeline 2.2GW of late stage of wind, solar, and energy storage projects.
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Lightshift Energy is set to build up to 50MW of battery storage projects for the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) grid in a first-of-its-kind program.
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Plus Power has closed a $82 million tax equity investment with Morgan Stanley for its 90MW/360MWh Superstition Energy Storage project in Arizona.
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Pine Gate Renewables has closed a $650 million investment round led by Generate Capital, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), and HESTA.
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Axium Infrastructure’s Coachella subsidiary will sell its 49% interest in Morongo Transmission to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
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Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), a California community choice aggregator, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for clean energy and storage power purchase agreements (PPAs).
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $1.93 billion in qualifying advanced energy project tax credit allocations – known as 48C tax credits – to 35 projects focused on renewable manufacturing and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
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US-based firm Bernhard has entered a 30-year energy-as-a-service (EaaS) partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), resulting in a $134 million solar energy and battery storage system.
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Minority stake sales in renewables platforms are becoming more common as sellers look to “recycle capital’, according to Ammad Faisal, senior managing director, Marathon Capital.
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Infinigen Renewables is partnering with FlexGen on a battery storage project in the Yabucoa municipality in Puerto Rico.
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The technology venture arm of US-based oil & gas producer Chevron has launched a third fund with $500 million in capital.
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Arevon Energy has inked a long-term tolling agreement with electricity provider MCE for its 250MW Cormorant Energy Storage Project in Daly City, California.
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Battery storage developer Spearmint Energy has hired four senior executives to its project finance, capital markets, regulatory affairs, and commercial operations teams.
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SolaREIT has closed $13 million in real estate financings for several NineDot Energy battery energy storage (BESS) projects in New York City.
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Vinci Group has acquired a minority stake in NatPower SA, a renewable energy developer which operates in Italy, the UK, and the US, in a deal valued at €50 million ($53m).
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Engie Chile, a subsidiary of the French electric utility Engie, will install a standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) to replace the disconnected coal-fired and fuel oil-based units at the Tocopilla thermal power plant complex (CTT) in Antofagasta.
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Renewable energy infrastructure fund manager Excelsior Energy Capital has launched Lydian Energy, an independent power producer (IPP) specialising in the development, construction, and operation of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects in North America.
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Utility-scale energy storage developer esVolta has secured a $185 million senior secured credit facility from a consortium of banks led by Nomura Securities International.
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Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy has secured a €110 million ($120m) multi-currency facility from a consortium of banks led by Investec to support its solar and storage project pipeline in Canada, the US, and abroad.
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Mitsubishi Power Americas-owned battery business Prevalon Energy has agreed to develop a 328MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) signed to a long-term service agreement with Idaho Power.
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Solar and storage developer MN8 has closed a private placement at $325 million from Mercuria Energy Group and Ridgewood Infrastructure to grow its US pipeline of solar, storage, and electric vehicle (EV) charging projects.
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Utility-scale battery storage developer Lightshift has received $100 million in investments from 2 of Greenbacker Capital Management's sustainability and infrastructure-focused investment vehicles.
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Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has closed a $900 million letter of credit with Invenergy to fund its project development pipeline of utility-scale wind and solar projects, as well as battery storage systems.
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Atlas Renewable Energy signs a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a battery energy storage system (BESS) the company operates in Chile.
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UAE state-owned developer Masdar is set to acquire a 50% stake in US-based independent renewable energy power producer Terra-Gen Power from Energy Capital Partners (ECP).
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Renewables developer Arevon Energy has entered into a 15-year energy storage service agreement with local utility San Diego Community Power (SDPC) for its Avocet Energy Storage Project.
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Fiera Infrastructure Private Debt has joined Nomura Securities in a $200 million financing for Spanish developer Greenalia's 3GW wind and solar project pipeline in the US.
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Longroad Energy has closed a debt facility with a consortium of banks led by CIBC and a tax equity loan from Athene Annuity and Life Insurance Company for its 444MW/855MWh Serrano solar project in Arizona. PFR understands the value of the financing to be $650 million.
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Microgrid and microturbine manufacturer Capstone Green Energy Holdings has hired Vince Canino as its president and chief executive.
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Renewable real estate investment fund SolaREIT has hired 3 senior vice presidents to its corporate and business development teams amid company expansion.
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EnCap Energy Transition Fund (ETF) has launched Bildmore, a platform company that invests in minority tax equity stakes in solar, battery storage, and energy transmission projects.
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Renewables developer NextEra Resources is selling its Dunns Bridge II Solar and Storage project to a joint venture managed by utility the North Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) and an unnamed tax equity investor, PFR has learned.
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The former co-founder and chief financial officer of OKRA Finance has been appointed as the head of transactions and finance at renewable energy tax credit marketplace Reunion.
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Utility-scale battery developer GridStor has acquired a 450MW/900MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Galveston, Texas, from Balanced Rock Power.
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Utility-scale solar and energy storage development company Redeux Energy Partners is seeking investors to buy a minority stake as a corporate-level equity capital raise, PFR has learned.
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Battery developer GridStor has closed a tax credit transfer sale with JP Morgan for its 60MW/160MWh Goleta Project, which consists of 44 battery energy storage systems in Santa Barbara, California.
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Renewable real estate investment fund SolaREIT has secured an additional $30 million in revolving credit from Atlantic Union Bank.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally awarded $366 million to 17 projects that aim to improve the transmission and electrical distribution of power in rural and remote areas across the US.
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EDF Renewables North America has inked a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) to receive 125MW of EDF's 300MW Bonanza solar and storage project in Nevada.
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Mitsubishi Power Americas' battery energy storage systems (BESS) division has been spun into a standalone business — Prevalon Energy.
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Arevon Energy has secured more than $1 billion in financing commitments for its Eland 2 solar-plus-storage project in Kern County, California.
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Strata Clean Energy has secured $559 million for its 255MW/1,020MWh Scatter Wash energy storage project in Arizona.
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EnerSmart is to sell a pair of 3MW battery energy storage system (BESS) facilities sited in Chula Vista, California to renewables investment firm Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure (KSI), PFR has found.
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Battery manufacturer Ascend Elements has raised $162 million in equity investments from Just Climate, Clearvision Ventures, and IRONGREY.
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A subsidiary of the Spain-based renewables developer Greenalia has closed $200 million in 3-year credit facilities to support its US solar and wind project pipeline.
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Plus Power has closed $98 million in tax equity investment from Greenprint Capital Management for its 200MW/400MWh Ebony Energy Storage facility in Comal County, Texas.
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Blackstone is looking for buyers for a stake in its portfolio company Aypa Power. PFR understands Blackstone is looking to sell a minority stake and is in talks with multiple potential buyers.
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Diversified clean energy company, CleanCapital, and investment-grade battery energy storage systems developer, Available Power, have entered a joint venture to build a pipeline of US-based distributed energy storage projects.
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Independent power producer (IPP) Urban Grid has hired Eivind Osterhus as chief financial officer and Erica Engle as chief commercial officer.
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Arevon Energy, the renewable energy developer, owner, and operator, has reached financial close for the 200MW/800MWh Condor Energy Storage Project.
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Foss & Company has penned a $118.5 million tax equity investment in the Longbow BESS project, a battery energy storage system (BESS) located in Brazoria County, TX.
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Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer, owner and operator SMT Energy has sold a portfolio of nearly 400MW storage projects to UBS Asset Management.
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Developer and grid-scale energy storage operator Jupiter Power has hired former Invenergy executive Jesse Campbell as its chief financial officer (CFO).
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Battery energy storage system (BESS) developer, owner and operator SMT Energy has sold nearly 400MWs of storage projects to UBS Asset Management.
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Battery-focused renewable energy company Spearmint Energy has closed a $47.5 million project finance term loan from global financial services provider Manulife.
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Renewables company BrightNight has made 2 senior-level appointments to its asset management and construction teams.
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Independent power producer and asset manager Greenbacker has continued to add to its leadership team with appointment of Christopher Smith as chief financial officer and Carl Weatherley-White as head of capital markets.
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Nuveen has teamed up with Aiga Capital Partners on its $200 million term loan to battery energy storage system (BESS) developer Spearmint Energy.
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Tokyo Gas subsidiary Tokyo Gas America has closed on its $216 million acquisition of the Longbow battery energy storage (BESS) project from Clean Capital Partners.
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Utility-scale developer RedWind Renewables has sold 2 250MW solar PV and BESS projects to global renewable energy business Greenvolt Power.
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Renewables developer Swift Current Energy has upsized its $225 million revolving credit facility to $312.5 million to fund its US project pipeline.
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Commercial energy developer Green Lantern Solar has named Dave Carpenter as vice president of development.
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Solar real estate investment fund SolaREIT has launched a battery energy storage systems (BESS) lending platform, to be led by recently hired senior vice president of business development, Nicole Wolf.
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RWE Clean Energy has promoted Andrew Flanagan, the company's former chief development officer, to chief executive.
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Apex Clean Energy and Korean energy company SK Gas and its green energy development business SK D&D are partnering up to own US-based energy storage facilities.
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Macquarie-backed Galehead Development has hired Dru Steubing, the former vice president of development at Apex Energy, as chief development officer.
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Green data center developer Digital Power Optimization (DPO) has closed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with an unnamed multinational renewables developer with over 150MW wind farms in Texas.
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Xcel Energy has commenced construction on its two initial phases of the 460MW Sherco Solar project, with an additional 250MW co-sited solar array is pending permit approval, as it replaces a coal-fired plant in Minnesota.
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The energy finance team at First Citizens Bank and Jupiter Power have closed $65.2 million in financing for the energy storage developer's 200MW/400MWh battery energy storage system in Houston, Texas.
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Greenbacker has closed a $92 million financing agreement with BMO Financial Group to construct its largest standalone BESS project — 120MWh Holtville BESS — and various community solar developments.
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US technology giant META has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted’s 300MW Eleven Mile Solar Center in Pinal County, Arizona.
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Battery storage developer Key Capture Energy (KCE) has hired former EDP Renewables executive Brian Hayes the company’s chief executive, effective January 8, 2024.
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EV charger manufacturing company DG Matrix has finalized a multi-year partnership with sodium-ion battery producer Natron Energy to accelerate the deployment of charging infrastructure.
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Swiss asset manager SUSI Partners is expanding its partnership with developer SMT energy by doubling its Texas battery energy storage (BESS) portfolio to 200MW from 100MW, adding 10 new projects.
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BW Solar has sold two battery energy storage (BESS) projects with a combined capacity of 525MW to renewable energy storage company Spearmint Energy.
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US-based lithium-ion battery developer and energy storage systems manufacturer KORE Power (KORE), has named industry veteran Michael Canada as its chief operating officer.
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Utility-scale energy storage developer Malta has closed a funding round with investors from Siemens Energy Ventures and Alfa Laval, as well as existing shareholders, to grow its long-duration solar production and development.
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German-based energy giant RWE will continue its €55 billion ($60.2 billion) Growing Green initiative – investing in renewable energy, batteries, flexible generation and hydrogen – with an estimated €20 billion ($21.9 billion) to be allocated to future US investments by 2030.
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Ameresco is to build a 50MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) for CAISO utility Silicon Valley Power (SVP) in Santa Clara, California.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a platform for the development and realization of renewable projects in Canada, Horizon New Energy, as part of the firm's expansion into the Canadian market.
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International construction, mining and industrial heavy equipment manufacturer Komatsu has agreed to acquire US-based lithium-ion battery developer American Battery Solutions (ABS).
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GE Vernova and Michigan-based energy storage company Our Next Energy (ONE) have signed an agreement to collaborate on US-based solar and storage projects.
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Gridmatic has reached the second closing of its first energy storage fund, increasing committed capital to a total of $50 million.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has ringfenced $3.5 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to boost domestic production of advanced batteries and battery materials.
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Community solar and battery project developer PureSky Energy has closed a 3-year $150 million revolving credit facility with Nomura to fund its interconnection projects and grow its acquisition pipeline.
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Durham, North Carolina-based Strata Clean Energy has closed a $300 million revolving loan and letter of credit facility to develop its 17GW pipeline of solar and storage projects.
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Blackstone portfolio company Aypa Power has finalized a $350 million financing facility and $200 million tax equity financing for its Borden and Cald Projects, a 150MW/300MWh battery energy storage facility (BESS) in Texas and a 100Mw/400MWh BESS in California, respectively.
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Canadian Solar’s battery storage unit, e-Storage has been awarded a supply and integration (S&I) contract for 1GWhdc of energy storage solutions with Arizona-based companies DEPCOM Power and Tuscon Electric Power (TEP).
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Battery storage system manufacturer CMBlu Energy has secured $106.7 million in financing from STRABAG, the Austrian construction and infrastructure technology group.
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Duke Energy has closed the sale of its unregulated utility-scale commercial renewables business to energy giant Brookfield Renewable, rebranding the sold company as Deriva Energy.
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The energy finance group at First Citizens Bank has closed a $60 million financing for Gore Street Energy Storage Fund, a UK-based fund investing in utility and scaled projects, a 200MW/400MWh battery storage project in Imperial County, California. The project, Big Rock, is Gore Energy's first development in California.
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Spearmint Energy has reached financial close on a $92 million tax equity investment for its 150MW battery energy storage system (BESS), Revolution, from climate-focused investment firm Greenprint Capital Management.
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