A recent Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) decision could significantly affect the siting of standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) on exclusive farm use (EFU) land. In Remington BESS, LLC v. Marion County, LUBA reversed Marion County’s denial of a proposed 199 MW BESS project and provided important guidance on how Oregon
New Legislation Authorizes Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council to Certify Standalone Battery Energy Storage Systems but Stops Short of Including Clear Land Use Approval Pathway
By Ariel Stavitsky & Emily Schimelpfenig on
The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) oversees the siting of large-scale energy facilities like wind and solar power projects, which often include an associated Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). BESS is a critical tool in the decarbonization toolbox, offering backup power when it’s needed and addressing intermittency and other grid limitation problems. Though many…
Battery Storage Procurement: It’s the Wild West Out There
By Adam C Walters on
As the energy storage industry continues on its trajectory of near-exponential growth, in the course of assisting our clients we are seeing a wide variety of battery energy storage system (BESS) offerings in the market, and we don’t always like what we see from a project finance and risk perspective.
Battery system offerings are all…