NextEra Energy developing 2.8GW of US battery storage through 2024

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