The Croatian government has prepared 500 million euros to install batteries for storing energy produced from renewable sources. Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Damir Habijan stated that Croatia is ready for energy changes.
[pdf] The battery system will have a discharge capacity of 38 MW and a storage capacity of up to 70.8 MWh, designed to operate for around twenty years. An environmental assessment is required because the investor, the local company Funicula, plans to develop the site as a standalone solar power plant.
[pdf] In 2024, generators added a record 30 GW of utility-scale solar to the U.S. grid, accounting for 61% of capacity additions last year. We expect this trend will continue in 2025, with 32.5 GW of new utility-scale solar capacity to be added.
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