US utility giant NextEra Energy added 1.84GW of renewables and energy storage projects to its backlog in Q2 2021.
NextEra said its energy storage development programme includes 1,322MW of large-scale battery storage ranging in size from 25MW to 230MW in various US states with signed long-term contracts and a commercial operation date (COD) in 2022. The majority of those 16 projects are four-hour duration battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, with one three-hour project in Indiana and a two-hour project in Georgia, while the company also has 24MW of distributed generation storage under development for the 2021-2022 period.
NextEra has roughly 45.5GW of net generating capacity and has a planned investment portfolio of US$50-55 billion in US infrastructure projects.
Source: EnergyStorage