Solar & Storage Finance USA | The only event which looks at raising capital for solar, storage and collocated solar and storage projects in the USA

Early-Confirmed Speakers Include:

Sunlight General Capital
Stacey Hughes
Chief Financial Officer

Sonnen
Ani Backa
US Director, Regulatory Strategy and Utility Initiatives

Citi
Shail Mehta
Managing Director, Global Power & Alternative Energy

Pason Power
Enrico Ladendorf
Managing Director and Co-Founder

Investec
Michael Pantelogianis
Co-Head of Power Infrastructure Finance

NextEnergy Capital
Rohan Singh
Managing Director

Fractal Energy Storage Consultants
Daniel Crotzer
President

Javelin Capital
Ryan Hamilton
Senior Advisor

Clean Choice Energy
Peter Coleman
Senior Vice President, Structured Finance

Ascend Analytics
Dr. Gary Dorris
CEO & Co-Founder

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Bifacial modules now exempt from Trump’s trade tariffs

Bifacial solar modules will be officially exempted from President Trump’s 25% trade tariffs later today.

Salmon fishing in Alaska gets a battery-powered renewable boost

Cordova, Alaska, is isolated from the grid, but fortunate to be blessed with hydropower resources - and now a 1MWh battery storage system will help this coastal Arctic community increase its self-reliance in a “harsh and unforgiving climate”.

22MW of ESS a lower cost alternative to network investment for Duke Energy Florida

Once again, lithium-ion battery-based solutions have been selected for projects that will “improve overall reliability” of electricity supplies, to enhance the grid and make it more efficient, while also providing backup in case of outages.

‘World’s largest’ renewable energy storage project to launch in Utah from MHPS

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) and Magnum Development, owner and operator of the only known “Gulf Coast” style domal-quality salt formation in the western US, have launched an initiative that will see the start of the development for the Advanced Clean Energy Storage (ACES) project in central Utah. Tabbed by MHPS as the world’s largest project of its kind, the ACES initiative will develop 1GW of renewable energy storage.

US bills to accelerate storage ‘well designed’ but delays still expected

Two bills that have been introduced in the US to support and accelerate the development and deployment of energy storage are enjoying cross-party support and look likely to pass unopposed, an analyst has said.

Power and capacity will be provided by Aggreko’s 4.5MWh Texas ‘legacy’ project

A large-scale battery storage system will be built in Texas for the US’ biggest electric utility cooperative, to time-shift solar-generated loads and provide grid services to transmission operator ERCOT.

Home P2P trading frontrunner Ensync’s assets up for sale

Assets are up for sale following the bankruptcy of EnSync, a networked smart home solutions provider from the US which has been using battery energy storage to aggregate connected systems for energy trading and other services.

IEEFA: Solar-plus-storage undermines coal economics by ‘hundreds of millions’ of dollars

Phase-out plans of US utility giants underscore money-saving potential of cleaner alternatives, says think tank.

Danish clean energy fund draws US$700m from Nordic investors eyeing Asia and LATAM

Fund management firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has established a new fund to invest in greenfield renewable energy infrastructure primarily in Asia and Latin America, with expectations of reaching US$1 billion by the final close.

Japan’s Marubeni invests in US distributed generation company GridMarket

Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation has invested in US-based company, GridMarket, which is focused on distributed generation projects using battery storage, solar PV, fuel cells, and combined heat and power.

Walmart closes deal with C2 Energy for 46 PV projects

C2 Energy Capital has signed off on 46 Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and leases with Walmart that will see the company provide renewable energy to the retailer in five US states.

Corporations, citizens and most bankable batteries: ‘Storage & Smart Power’ returns

Volume 19 of PV Tech Power has just hit the (digital) shelves and once again the quarterly technical journal from our publisher Solar Media includes ‘Storage & Smart Power’, the dedicated section created and curated by Energy-Storage.news.

Solar-plus-storage is ‘chasing gas off the grid’

Having bested coal generation and gas peaker plants, solar-plus-storage is now competing with gas in other parts of the generation mix.

Gas goes out again as top US utility SCE picks energy storage instead

Southern California Edison, one of the US’ top-ranking utilities for energy storage capacity already deployed, has signed contracts for seven more projects, totalling 195MW in its California service area.

New York’s Green New Deal puts US$350m investment into energy storage

US$400 million of funding pledged by New York’s state Governor Andrew Cuomo last week towards his “comprehensive climate agenda” will include US$280 million in support for energy storage.

Open source software launched to help US behind-the-meter projects hit economic sweet spots

In the latest release, Sandia has emphasised the growth in interest in behind-the-meter (BTM), customer-sited energy storage systems.

ERCOT’s multiple opportunities a target for GlidePath’s 10MWh Texas project

A large-scale energy storage project to be built in Texas will take advantage of the system’s flexibility to deliver multiple services, as opportunities grow in the state’s Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.

Infrastructure fund SUSI invests big in Macquarie-AMS California portfolio

The ‘world’s first dedicated energy storage infrastructure fund’ will invest in California battery energy storage projects, with Macquarie set to sell 50% of a 340MWh tranche to the fund’s owner, SUSI Partners.

8minutenergy: ‘We can do solar peaker plants at half the cost of gas’

Many of the most polluting thermal power plants on the US grid today are also the most lucrative to run, but the service they provide could already be done twice as cheaply using solar and storage, developer 8minutenergy has claimed.

Undercutting fossil fuels: Hawaii approves 240MW of PV and 988MWh batteries at low cost

A large tranche of utility-scale solar – and storage – projects in Hawaii has been approved by the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC), each quoting a cost per kilowatt hour of US$0.10 or under.

Florida utility plans world’s largest battery combined with solar

Major US utility Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is planning to build the world’s largest battery energy storage system adjacent to an existing solar power plant, with plans to roll out multiple other storage systems across the state.

BYD in Mexico: Chinese company signs 100MWh deal with investment fund

China’s BYD has signed a deal which could see up to 100MWh of its systems deployed in Mexico as part of a distributed energy and large-scale solar buildout by finance group Pireos Capital.

AMS’ California VPP at ‘important milestone’ with 2GWh of grid services delivered

A contract with utility Southern California Edison (SCE) has led to Advanced Microgrid Solutions (AMS) supplying 2GWh of grid services from just 60MWh of energy storage during 2018, with one analyst dubbing the feat an “impressive milestone”.

Residential flourishes and utility flounders in mixed 2018 for US PV

SEIA, Wood Mackenzie: Section 201 disruption drives 7% year-on-year drop in utility solar additions even as contracted pipeline hits all-time records.

Tesla admits to cell supply constraints as energy storage ramps up

As well as Elon Musk remarking that the company may have had its “best ever quarter” for solar since the SolarCity takeover, Tesla’s energy storage deployments have enjoyed a ramp up, while a fellow exec hinted the stationary battery business is constrained by cell supply.

The 2018 Virginia Energy Plan calls for 3GW of solar and wind installations by 2022

The Commonwealth of Virginia’s new energy plan has called for 3GW of solar and wind installations by 2022 as well as grid modernization to handle both solar and wind totalling 5GW by 2028.

Cypress Creek gets US$200 million equity investment from Singapore firm

US solar developer Cypress Creek Renewables has received a US$200 million investment from the Singapore-based firm Temasek.

Pacific Power to support Facebook’s Prineville Data Center with 437MW of solar

Facebook’s Prineville Data Center in Oregon will be supported by 100% renewable energy from 437MW of new solar developments in partnership with Pacific Power, including two projects totaling 100MW in the Prineville area.

FlexGen to build largest energy storage system in Texas co-located with solar

Texas IPP Vistra Energy has contracted energy storage integrator FlexGen to install a 10MW / 42MWh energy storage system (ESS) at the 180MW Upton 2 Solar Power Plant in Texas.

8minutenergy and NV Energy to build 300MW Nevada solar project on tribal land

NV Energy has chosen US-based developer 8minutenergy Renewables to develop the 300MW(AC) Eagle Shadow Mountain Solar Farm in Clark County, Nevada, next to a retiring coal plant.

Oregon utility seeks 100 ‘average megawatts’ of renewables

UPDATED: Oregon-based utility Portland General Electric Company (PGE) has issued a request for proposals (RfP) seeking 100 average megawatts of renewable energy capacity.

ENGIE’s commercial battery project drive $100k annual wedge into California’s water-energy nexus

California’s recent droughts and ongoing need to economise water use have inspired more commercial energy storage at a local water board, with ENGIE Storage delivering a project for the San Diego Water Authority.

GTM: US could smash 1GWh deployment in 2018

While research published this week demonstrates that the US as a whole is embracing energy storage technology, with regulator FERC's recent wholesale market ruling likely to have a "significant impact", the picture varies greatly when looking from state-to-state, an analyst has said.

California utility SDG&E seeks 166MW energy storage as public emergency response asset

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of California’s three main investor-owned utilities (IOUs), said this week that it will add resilience and backup capabilities to public sector buildings through the procurement of “up to 166MW” of energy storage.

GTM: Front-of-meter cost declines will slow as industry grows 6x over by 2022

While energy storage system price declines have slowed down in recent times in the US, standardisation of design and engineering will be among the key drivers in bringing down balance-of-system hardware and EPC costs.

NextEra sues US treasury over ‘missing’ US$135 million in grants

NextEra Energy is suing the US Treasury Department for more than US$135 million claiming that it miscalculated grants owed to it for the Silver State Solar project in Nevada.

AES and KIUC break ground on Hawaii’s largest solar-plus-storage system

AES Distributed Energy (AES DE), a subsidiary of AES Corporation, and nonprofit transmission firm Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) have broken ground on a 28MW solar and 100MWh five-hour duration battery energy storage system in Kauai, Hawaii.

ROUNDUP: Redflow ‘large scale battery’, KACO new inverter, PetersenDean picks SolarEdge/LG Chem

News in brief from around the world of energy storage.

FERC ruling a ‘significant step’ towards wholesale market participation for energy storage

A unanimous vote taken by the US regulator FERC (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission) which would allow energy storage and other distributed energy resources to play into wholesale markets has been hailed as a “significant step” forward.

FPL deploys the US’ first DC-coupled grid-scale battery at Florida solar farm

Utility Florida Power & Light claims that a just-completed battery addition will increase output from a large-scale solar farm in its home state, thought to be the first time a DC-coupled solution has been used at this scale in the US.

First Solar partners with Arizona utility for peak dispatch solar-plus-storage project

Vertically-integrated solar energy company First Solar will be involved in the first megawatt-scale battery system announced in Arizona since it was revealed the state could put a 3,000MW energy storage deployment target in place.

Tesla’s PV installs continue rapid decline to 87MW in Q4 2017

Tesla reported another major decline in its residential solar installations for the fourth quarter of 2017, while a supply shortage for its residential energy storage system ‘Powerwall 2’ has created a customer backlog of solar and storage installs of more than one year.

As hardware production ceases, S&C Electric’s focus is on system integration

A spokesman for S&C Electric has confirmed the company will no longer be producing its power conversion system (PCS) for energy storage systems but will remain in the market as a system integrator.

Younicos repowers another US wind farm’s legacy energy storage system with lithium-ion batteries

Younicos will carry out another project to retrofit lithium-ion batteries in replacement for an existing lead acid battery system at a wind farm, this time in Hawaii.

Arizona’s 3GW energy storage target, ‘Clean Peak plan’ part of a ‘wake up call’ to other states

A 3,000MW energy storage target, proposed in Arizona as part of a grid modernisation policy, recognises the role of the technology in reducing the need for fossil fuels to stabilise the grid, a consultant has said.

California regulators at ‘essential starting point’ to enable revenue stacking

Steps taken in California to enable energy storage systems to provide multiple services and to ‘stack revenues’ are “an essential starting point” for the industry, the head of California’s Energy Storage Alliance (CESA) has said.

Canadian Solar signs O&M contract with Axium for 105MW PV portfolio in Canada

Canadian Solar has signed an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Axium Infinity Solar LP for eight PV projects that have a combined generation capacity of 105.5MW. The firm has also announced commercial operation of a 19.1MW PV project in Japan.

Intersect Power secures PPA for 150MW PV project in Texas

Utility-scale power company Intersect Power has been awarded a power purchase agreement from Austin Energy for a 150MW PV project in Texas that is expected to reach commercial operation in 2020.

Acquisition makes Clean Focus largest C&I solar owner in US

Clean Focus Yield Limited and its affiliates have purchased Greenskies Renewable Energy — making Clean Energy the owner and operator of the largest commercial and industrial (C&I) portfolio in the US.

Austin City Council approves 150MW PV project

The Austin City Council has approved a new agreement with Austin Energy that will see the utility company deliver enough renewable energy to the grid to meet the needs of more than half of its customers by 2020.

US solar tax credits survive but demand could yet take a hit

The solar investment tax credit (ITC) has survived a major round of tax reform in the US but demand for credits generally could fall.

New York City to develop largest private multi-family rooftop PV array in US

StuyTown Property Services (SPS), the manager of Manhattan’s largest residential property, will install a 3.8MW PV energy system across the eight hectares of rooftops of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.

ABP invests over US$384 million in three utility-scale PV projects in US

Netherlands-based pension fund Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP has agreed to invest over US$384 million in three PV projects in the US, with the trio of installations representing a combined generation capacity of 858MW.

Mosaic closes US$307 million residential solar loan securitization

Residential solar loan financing company Mosaic has completed its largest solar loan securitization issued to date, with US$307 million in bonds sold across four tranches.

Hawaii’s PUC expands rooftop solar and energy storage offerings

The Hawai‘i Public Utilities Commission has approved two new programmes expanding its customers’ abilities to install rooftop PV and energy storage systems.

Ohio utility launches RfP for 400MW of solar

AEP Ohio, part of major US utility American Electric Power, has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 400MW of solar capacity in Ohio.