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UK battery storage developer Eelpower Energy has acquired the 50MW/100MWh Stoneworthy battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Devon from renewable energy company Renewable Energy Systems (RES). Construction of the project, located south of the Pyworthy substation in Devon, is planned for 2027 with commercial operations expected in 2028. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Once operational, the Stoneworthy project will add 100 MWh of storage capacity to Eelpower Energy’s growing pipeline as the company aims to achieve more than 1 GW of grid-scale battery assets in the coming years. “Stoneworthy is an important acquisition for Eelpower Energy…
By pv magazine Latam The National Electricity Administration (ANDE) of Paraguay has a tender for the construction of the Loma Plata solar photovoltaic power plant, a 140 MW project in the Boquerón department. The facility will be directly connected to Paraguay’s National Interconnected System (SIN) through the Loma Plata substation at 220 kV. The preliminary scope includes the technical design, construction and operation and maintenance of both the solar power plant and the transmission infrastructure. The state-owned company said the hearing will be broadcast via Google Meet, with access to the session and preliminary tender documents available on the institutional…
Renewable infrastructure company AGR Renewables has completed financing for a portfolio of 310MW/250MWh of UK solar-plus-storage projects. The five projects in the group are located in Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire and are all under construction and expected to be operational in 2026/27. The senior debt financing for the projects was led by German infrastructure investment bank BayernLB. AGR said the 310MW of solar projects were all contracted under the government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) programme, as well as under “high-profile” corporate power purchase agreements (PPA). Last month, AGR signed four CfD-backed PPAs with business-focused utility SmartestEnergy on four PV projects…
Swiss analytics firm Pexapark says two hybrid energy storage agreements (PPAs) for solar and battery power were among 17 deals last month. May 27, 2026 Patrick Jowett European developers signed 17 power purchase agreements (PPAs) in April with a contracted capacity totaling 966 MW, according to the latest analysis from the Swiss Renewable Energy Research Agency Pexapark. Last month’s deals included two hybrid PPAs for solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS), Pexapark discovered, including a 150MW virtual hybrid PPA between Endesa and Sonnedix for solar and battery assets in both Spain and Portugal. “While hybrid renewable and BESS PPAs…
From the magazine To anyone who knows about US solar manufacturing, Elon Musk’s claim that SpaceX and Tesla are working to build 100 GW of annual PV manufacturing capacity might seem unachievable. As 2025 came to a close, experts from Intertek CEA estimated the total manufacturing capacity of solar module facilities in the United States to be slightly greater than 45 GW, moving to around 60 GW this year. The company’s Q4 2025 PV Supply, Technology, and Policy Report noted that its analysts expect an additional 16 GW to 20 GW of planned capacity to be constructed by early 2027. The scale of Musk’s…
China’s ZOE Energy Storage will produce in Saudi Arabia and scale up production to 18 GWh May 26, 2026 Tristan Rayner Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Image: Dating Scout/Unsplash By ESS news Chinese battery storage manufacturer ZOE Energy Storage has signed a joint venture with an unnamed Saudi partner to set up a BESS production facility in the Kingdom, its second overseas production center after Hungary. The 150-acre facility will be built in two phases. Phase I targets an annual production capacity of 6 GWh, with production starting in the first quarter of 2027. Phase II expands that to 18 GWh, although…
By Martin McConnell May 26, 2026 This week on a post-Memorial Day edition of Projects weeklybattery storage has once again taken center stage in the North American solar world. In Southern California, MN8 Energy LLC has powered a new 100 MW BESS project just north of San Diego. Southeast Texas has also become a battery hotspot, with OCI Energy and CPS Energy working on a storage project near San Antonio, and Spearmint Energy securing project financing for BESS just three hours away in Texas City, near Galveston. Additionally, Google and Enlight Renewable Energy have signed a PPA agreement for the…
In recent months, Germany has experienced widespread negative electricity prices due to high solar energy production and low demand during midday hours. The trade organization BNE calls the situation avoidable and calls for accelerated deployment of storage, smarter charging of electric vehicles, faster rollout of smart meters and more flexible network and market integration to better absorb sustainable surpluses. May 26, 2026 Sandra Enkhardt By pv magazine Germany Germany currently experiences widespread negative electricity prices, especially during the day, when strong solar energy production coincides with low demand. Day-ahead prices for last Saturday, published on EPEX SPOT, indicate values at…
Researchers in China have developed a compressed air energy storage concept (HP-CAES), which reuses urban district heating networks as large-scale storage vessels for excess renewable electricity. The system stores compressed air and recovered compression heat in existing pipelines, enabling both energy storage and heating functions with improved efficiency and lower infrastructure requirements compared to conventional tank-based CAES. May 26, 2026 Lior Kahana Researchers in China have proposed a new method to store excess renewable energy by converting it into compressed air and integrating it into urban district heating pipelines. In this concept, the existing infrastructure used to circulate hot water…
By Martin McConnell May 26, 2026 Spanish energy company Repsol SA has powered its newest solar assets, with its Pinnington solar project coming online May 21 in north Texas. The solar site marks a milestone for solar energy in the Lone Star State, as the 825 MW Pinnington project is the largest renewable energy project commercially operational in Texas. Built by Black & Veatch and are Overland Contracting Inc. (OCI) construction subsidiary, the project reached energy ‘at an accelerated pace’, according to the company. Compared to other solar projects of this size, Pinnington reached operational status approximately 2.5 times faster,…