From: Mercom Capital Group

S4 Energy, an energy storage project developer and a majority-owned subsidiary of Castleton Commodities International (CCI), has agreed to acquire a 310 MW portfolio of German battery energy storage projects from Terra One Climate Solutions, a Germany-based energy storage project developer. The portfolio comprises projects in shovel-ready and advanced stages of development and is expected to reach commercial operation between 2026 and 2028.

esVolta, an energy storage project developer, completed a $110 million tax equity transaction with Greenprint Capital Management to develop and construct the 300 MWh Hummingbird battery energy storage project in San Jose, California. The project is under construction and is expected to be completed in 2025.

ACME Sun Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of ACME Solar Holdings, has secured a ₹37.53 billion (~$444.68 million) loan from REC Limited to develop 320 MW Firm and Dispatchable Renewable Energy projects in collaboration with SJVN. The project is located in high-resource potential regions, with the solar capacity situated in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, and wind power generation at Bhuj and Jam Khambhaliya in Gujarat.

Standard Solar, a developer and owner of commercial and community solar projects, acquired 25 MWdc of the Windhub Solar B solar project in Kern County, California, from Balanced Rock Power, a renewable energy project developer. The project’s construction will begin in the first half of 2025.

Field, an energy storage project developer, announced the acquisition of the 200 MW/800 MWh Hartmoor battery storage project near Hartlepool, England, UK, from independent project developer Clearstone Energy. According to Field, the project is expected to be operational in 2026 and will store up to 800 MWh of clean electricity.

AXIAN Energy, a renewable energy project developer, secured €84 million (~$89.69 million) financing for two solar plants with energy storage systems in the southern Senegalese region of Kolda. A group of lenders comprising the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank FMO, the Emerging Africa & Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF), and Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG) provided the funding.

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