Matthew Biss

3 weeks ago | energy-storage.news | Matthew Biss

The public engagement phase of permitting for Engie’s Compass Energy Storage project is well underway, after the California Energy Commission (CEC) held an information meeting for the public last week that drew huge interest. As reported by Energy-Storage.news, Engie recently reached an important permitting milestone in the CEC’s opt-in certification scheme, which started a 270-day countdown for the regulator to approve or deny the 250MW/1GWh standalone BESS project.

3 weeks ago | energy-storage.news | Matthew Biss

California community choice aggregator (CCA) San Diego Community Power (SDCP) has amended the terms of two power purchase agreements (PPAs) relating to offtake from the two largest solar-plus-storage projects within its portfolio. The amendments, covering a huge 2.6GWh of storage capacity, were presented to the CCA’s Board of Directors at a recent monthly meeting by SDCP’s Director of Power Contracts, Kenny Key.

1 month ago | energy-storage.news | Matthew Biss

Matthew Biss looks at how energy storage companies are planning and mitigating tariff and tax credit risks within an uncertain policy landscape. While the 90-day pause in US-China tariffs offers the energy storage industry somewhat of a reprieve, untying complex supply chains from China to avoid future tariffs is a complex process that will likely take most companies much longer than three months to fully achieve.

1 month ago | energy-storage.news | Matthew Biss

Even during times of turmoil for the US renewable energy industry, independent power producers (IPPs) are continuing to secure long-term offtake agreements for energy storage projects in California. The recent uncertainty culminated last week with the passing of the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill”  by a single vote in the US House of Representatives, which has the potential for widespread ramifications across the entire US economy for years to come.

1 month ago | energy-storage.news | Matthew Biss

Locals have expressed dismay that Engie is nearing completion of a 300MW standalone BESS project near Savoy in Fannin County, Texas. Despite the North American development arm of the French multinational energy company’s Platinum Energy Storage project being under development for almost four years, a series of recent local meetings have highlighted a large contingent of local residents and officials who claim to have been completely unaware of the project.