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Valerie Thompson Editor pv magazine

Valerie Thompson Editor pv magazine

Valerie Thompson

valerie.thompson@pv-magazine.com

Articles written by Valerie Thompson

Grid-scale

BESS financing: Spearmint closes $450 million for 600 MWh ERCOT project, PowerBank leases 60 MWh across New York Financing and leasing activity in the US BESS market continues at pace, from a large Texas standalone project to a trio of small distributed systems in New York state.

May 22, 2026

Grid-scale

Batteries on the move: Gridstor buys 796 MWh Birdseye BESS, Hull Street to buy FirstLight’s 1.4 GW portfolio Money is coming for energy storage projects both operational, and planned, across both battery energy storage systems (BESS) and pumped storage.

May 21, 2026

Grid-scale

Antora’s hot carbon thermal batteries win 5 GWh energy storage project in US Grok Ventures has provided project-level financing as the sole external investor on a US-based 5 GWh thermal energy storage system providing 50 MW of round-the-clock energy through an offtake agreement with biofuels giant, POET.

May 21, 2026

Grid-scale

Australia’s busy BESS scene: Financial close on 2.4 GWh, OX2 starts 200 MWh build, more Deals, builds, and financial closes are just part of the busy Australian big battery scene.

David Carroll, Tristan Rayner

May 20, 2026

Grid-scale

MN8 Energy brings 400 MWh tolled standalone battery online in Southern California MN8 Energy has made clear it is the owner of the Pome BESS in California, with the tolled asset now in commercial operation

May 20, 2026

Revenue streams

Grenergy locks in 20-year Georgia Power 400 GWh 100% PPA for its Beaver Creek hybrid project The Beaver Creek project combines 229 MW of solar with 183 MWh of battery storage, and is now completely contracted.

May 20, 2026

Products

Bluetti Balco plug-in storage launch: From the Eiffel Tower to a balcony near you The Bluetti Balco 260 and Balco 500 add silicon-carbide inverters for a high-efficiency new product line for plug-in storage.

May 19, 2026

Manufacturing

Rept Battero moves toward localized BESS production in Indonesia Indonesia's localized energy storage amibitions got closer with Rept Battero announcing BESS production in the country, though details are scarce.

May 18, 2026

Grid-scale

Sunraycer Renewables closes $901 million financing for 473 MWh BESS portfolio in Texas Major lenders back $901 million financing for Texas solar‑plus‑storage portfolio with PPAs already signed with Google, spanning three hybrid projects.

May 15, 2026

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