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Kauaʻi Utility Signs Deal With SolarCity for First Dispatchable Solar Storage System

Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with SolarCity (Nasdaq: SCTY) for electricity from the first utility-scale solar array and battery storage system designed to supply power to the grid in the evening, when demand is highest. The proposed SolarCity project next to KIUC’s Kapaia power plant is believed to be the first ...

Sep. 10, 2015

By SolarCity Corporation

SEPA's Energy Storage Snapshot Highlights Opportunities in Nascent Storage Market

The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has announced the release of the 2018 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot, the second annual overview of the energy storage market.Now in its second year, the Energy Storage Market Snapshot relies on data and survey responses submitted directly by U.S. utilities. The 137 utilities that submitted data for SEPA's survey represent more than 82 million ...

Aug. 30, 2018

By Smart Grid Observer

8minute Solar Energy Secures $225 Million Letter of Credit Facility to Support the Greenfield Development of its 18-Gigawatt Pipeline of Solar and Energy Storage Projects

A tenfold increase in capacity over existing letter of credit facility reflects the strength of 8minute’s expanded pipeline over the last four years LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA—June 1, 2020: 8minute Solar Energy (8minute) announced that the company has closed a $225 million letter of credit (LC) facility from a consortium of five banks, led by CIT as sole coordinating lead arranger ...

Jun. 1, 2020

By 8minute Solar Energy

Abengoa Awarded the First Large Scale Hybrid Microgrid With Flow Batteries in Africa

Abengoa this week annouced that it has been selected to construct a hybrid microgrid power plant by the leading vanadium energy storage solutions provider in the African market Bushveld Energy. Specifically, the company will be responsible for the engineering, supply and construction of a plant integrated by an energy storage system using Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries (VRFB BESS), with a ...

Nov. 12, 2020

By Smart Grid Observer

CSP Today Awards 2010 single out the industry’s finest

Abengoa, ACS Cobra, SkyFuel, Cargo Power & Infrastructure, Foster Wheeler, Abener Teyma, and Schubert & Salzer take the spotlight at CSP Today’s International Industry Awards 2010 in Seville, Spain. By Rikki Stancich CSP Today has been on a mission to flush out the CSP industry leaders of 2010. The winners of the CSP Today International Awards 2010 were announced during this ...

Nov. 22, 2010

By New Energy Update