Storage SECI has launched a tender for 1.2 GW of solar capacity to be developed and connected to India’s interstate transmission system, accompanied by 600 MW of 6-hour energy storage, with 25-year PPAs on offer. The US state of New Jersey’s Public Utilities Board is to hold an energy storage tender of between 350 MW and 750 MW, part of the state’s 2 GW 2030 target. Californian public utility Sacramento Municipal utility District (SMUD) has signed a PPA with developer DE Shaw regarding the 160 / 640 MWh Dry Creek Energy Storage project in Sacramento County, near the decommissioned Rancho Seco nuclear power plant. BW ESS and Ibersun have launched a partnership under which a 2.2 GW 4-hour BESS portfolio…