Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has launched a new portfolio company, Primergy Solar. Primergy plans to acquire, develop and operate distributed and utility-scale solar PV and battery storage projects across North America. “The industry is recognizing the increasingly important role that solar-plus-battery storage solutions will play in accelerating the energy transition,” said David Scaysbrook, co-founder and managing…
Report details increasing presence of utility-scale battery storage systems
A shift toward utility-scale battery storage systems is gaining momentum nationally, finds a report published by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The report — Advances in Electricity Storage Suggest Rapid Disruption of U.S. Electricity Sector — details upstart storage and storage-expansion projects in Arizona, California, Hawaii, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Nevada,…
FPL is retrofitting a solar array with a 409-MW capacity battery system
Florida Power & Light announced a plan to build the world’s largest solar-powered battery system — four times the capacity of the largest battery system in operation — as part of an innovative modernization plan that will accelerate the retirement of two fossil fuel generation units. The future FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center will have…