Energy Storage Mitsubishi Power to add 150 MW/600 MWh BESS projects at three solar sites Kevin Clark 12.20.2022 Share Rendering of representative solar plus storage project, including solar energy and battery energy storage system clean energy solutions. (Credits: Origis Energy and Mitsubishi Power) Follow @KClark_News Mitsubishi Power plans to supply three utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the southeastern U.S. Totaling 150 MW/600 MWh, the BESS projects will be co-located with three Origis Energy photovoltaic solar facilities. Mitsubishi Power said the projects will likely come online in the next two years. Origis will use Mitsubishi Power’s Emerald storage solution for the three projects. The solution includes an integrated plant controller, which is an energy management system and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system with a monitoring and supervisory control platform. Specific project locations were not provided. Origis Energy has utility-scale solar projects in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, among other states. Origis said the company’s U.S. total for operational and contracted solar and BESS projects is over 4 GW. The company has 2.3 GWh of BESS projects under contract or in negotiations, with 13.7 GWh currently being developed. Related Articles Study suggests a big role for grid battery storage as Illinois shutters its coal power plants Nearly 4 GW of battery energy storage was added in Q2. Where did it go? Minnesota co-op breaks ground on multi-day energy storage project Jupiter Power BESS project now online in Houston