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Luis Ini pv magazine editor

Luis Ini pv magazine editor

Luis Ini

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Grid-scale

Honduras awards 300 MWh battery storage project The National Electric Power Company (ENEE) has selected a Chinese-Honduran consortium to design, supply, install, test, and commission a grid-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) at the Amarateca substation in the department of Francisco Morazán.

Mar 25, 2025

Grid-scale

Abastible, Zelestra sign Chilean PPA including 1 GWh of battery capacity The power purchase agreement (PPA) relates to an under-construction project in Chile's Tarapacá region which could provide 600 GWh of renewable electricity per year.

Mar 21, 2025

Grid-scale

1 GWh Chilean battery enters environmental assessment The $350 million project, in the Coquimbo region, would enter operation at the end of 2026, if permitted.

Feb 27, 2025

Grid-scale

Chile issues permit for 762 MWh Sungrow battery energy storage project The $157.5 million, grid-connected, standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) will be located in the Tarapacá region.

Feb 24, 2025

Finance

Argentina launches 500 MW storage auction The Argentinean authorities plan to install the new storage capacity in critical nodes of the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, with an estimated investment of $500 million and an execution period of between 12 and 18 months.

Feb 18, 2025

Grid-scale

Construction begins on Chile’s 312 MWh Huatacondo battery The project is the second developed in Chile under Japan's Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), which secures some of the resulting carbon emission reductions towards Japan's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the annual COP climate gathering.

Feb 11, 2025

Grid-scale

Engie Chile activates 418 MWh battery on former diesel site The French-owned developer says it has obtained National Electric Coordinator (CEN) authorization for the energy storage system in the Antofagasta region.

Feb 05, 2025

Grid-scale

More than 3.4 GWh of Chilean batteries enter environmental assessment Six applications for standalone and solar-linked battery energy storage systems (BESS) were submitted for environmental permits from Jan. 23 to Jan. 30.

Jan 31, 2025

Finance

Energy storage corporate funding nears $20bn in 2024 Mercom Capital Group reported the second highest annual funding result for energy storage sector, after 2022. Venture capital backing fell 60% from 2023 but debt and public sector financing went up by 65% year-on-year.

Jan 23, 2025

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