Avantus’ Michael Foster, Fluence’s Kiran Kuraswamy, Lightsourcebp’s Sara Kayal, Form Energy’s Molly Bales and Carrie Bellamy of Malta Inc. Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media
Lightsourcebp is considering which long-duration energy storage technologies would be best suited for integration with its US solar power portfolio.
Sara Kayal, global head of PV integrated solutions at the solar developer, was speaking on a panel discussion on long-duration energy storage (LDES) held on Day One of the RE+ 2022 clean energy industry trade event in California.
Recently ranked top among global utility-scale solar developers by Mercom, Lightsourcebp has been looking to add energy storage to its solar farms, Kayal said, and supportive policies in the US mean non-lithium LDES technologies could be chosen.
“We are looking at adding to storage to our solar farms; that can…