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Energy storage system to boost Mexico’s wind power
Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide a project-critical energy storage system for the 50 MW Eolica Coromuel, S. de R. L (ECO) Wind Farm in La Paz, Mexico. The storage system...
Singapore’s first virtual power plant
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been selected to deploy its energy storage solution to support the development of Singapore’s first virtual power plant project. The project, launched in...
Centrica enters into battery storage agreement
Alfen has been selected by Centrica Business Solutions, a UK energy and services company, as a preferred partner for the supply of sub–10 MW battery energy storage solutions. With...
New energy storage project will be one of world’s largest
Independent energy company InterGen, based in Edinburgh, has been granted consent for the UK’s largest battery energy storage project. The project is more than ten times the size of...
California needs up to 55 GW of long term storage
By 2045, California will require the deployment of up to a 55 GW of long duration energy storage to support its 100% clean electricity goals. This represents more than a 150X increase...
German State to fund energy storage solution
As part of its ‘progres.nrw’ funding programme, German state North Rhine-Westphalia is providing funding of €200 000 for a technical and economic-evaluation study of the new MAN...
UK’s largest battery goes on line
Gresham House Energy Storage Fund and flexible energy specialist Flexitricity have announced that the UK’s largest battery is now live and helping National Grid ESO balance supply...
Saft launches new energy storage hub
Saft has opened a new manufacturing hub for energy storage solutions in Zhuhai, China. The new plant will enable Saft to provide an integrated approach to energy storage worldwide....
Highview Power to develop giga-scale cryogenic energy storage projects
Highview Power, prominent in long duration energy storage solutions, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Energía Latina S.A.-Enlasa, the largest backup power...
US utility-scale battery storage costs have fallen 70% in three years
The average energy capacity cost of utility-scale battery storage in the United States has fallen rapidly from $2152 per kWh in 2015 to $625/kWh in 2018 according to the US...
Fabrication starts on Gravitricity’s storage demonstrator
International winch specialists Huisman have begun fabrication of a £1 million energy storage demonstrator destined for trial in Edinburgh early next year.
World’s first smart fossil-free island
Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ battery energy storage technology is being used in Porto Santo, to support the integration of renewable energy into the island grid.
Construction of megabattery gets under way
Pacific Gas & Electric and Tesla have begun construction of a 182.5 MW/ 730 MWh lithium-ion storage system in Monterey County, California.
EIB backing for battery gigafactory
The European Investment Bank has entered into a $350 million loan agreement to support the financing of Europe’s first home-grown ‘gigafactory’ for lithium-ion battery cells,...
EGP starts Lily construction
Enel Green Power (EGP has started construction of the Lily solar + storage project in Texas, its first utility-scale solar + storage project in North America. The project comprises a...
Ingeteam selected for Whitelee battery
ScottishPower Renewables, which is part of the Spanish Iberdrola Group, has selected Ingeteam to supply a 50 MWh battery storage system for the 539 MW Whitelee wind farm in...
Hybrid LPG/LFO fuelled plant for US Virgin Islands
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to deliver a ‘state-of-the-art’ power plant and energy storage system to the US Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA). The plant will...
Drax partners with Mitsubishi to scale up CCS
Drax and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have confirmed plans to install a pilot bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) facility this autumn.
Gore Street bolsters UK portfolio
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund has secured a 131 MW project portfolio in the UK, it has announced. The portfolio includes 81 MW of operational assets in Great Britain and was...