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Whitetail CCS project shortlisted
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 by 8 Rivers Capital’s UK-based project Whitetail Clean Energy has been selected by the UK government as one of three ‘Power CCS’ low carbon energy generation projects within the UK...

Next-gen heat pump ‘could cut energy bills and CO2 emissions’
Tuesday, August 02, 2022 by Researchers from the University of Glasgow have developed a new type of heat pump, a flexible heat pump technology, which could help households save on their energy bills and...

NGK to install battery and PV combination
Tuesday, August 02, 2022 by NGK Insulators has elected to install a combination storage battery and PV system at its manufacturing sites in Nomi City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The system will capture...

UBS acquires 700 MW of energy storage projects
Tuesday, August 02, 2022 by UBS Asset Management has announced the acquisition of five standalone, development-stage energy storage projects in Texas from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES). This marks...

Battery storage to be 24% of Ireland's installed energy by 2030
Tuesday, July 19, 2022 by Data from Cornwall Insight Ireland’s ‘All-island power market outlook to 2030’ paper has shown battery storage capacity will grow to become nearly a quarter (24%) of Ireland's...

Energy storage systems for huge solar-plus-storage project
Tuesday, July 12, 2022 by Wärtsilä is delivering a 500 MWac, 2 GWh portfolio of energy storage systems to clean energy developer and operator Clearway Energy Group. The contracts cover five sites located in...

Iberdrola’s first commercial-scale battery system
Tuesday, July 05, 2022 by Iberdrola’s 50 MW Gorman Battery Energy Storage System has been made operational in County Meath, Ireland. It is the company’s first operational commercial-scale battery storage...

GE to triple its manufacturing capacity for energy storage electronics
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 by GE is responding to strongly increased demand by tripling the manufacturing capacity of its solar and battery energy storage Power Electronics systems by the end of 2022 to 9 GW per...

Magnesium to be researched as a sustainable lithium alternative
Tuesday, June 07, 2022 by The potential for magnesium to offer a sustainable and affordable alternative to lithium in batteries is being explored in research led at the University of Strathclyde. The study,...

Illinois coal plants awarded funding for development as storage
Tuesday, June 07, 2022 by The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has announced $280.5 million in funding over ten years for five of the state’s coal-fired plants that are...

Energy storage for Côte d'Ivoire’s first solar plant
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 by Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has won a major contract from Eiffage Energie Systèmes to deliver a 10 MW energy storage system (ESS) to help ensure smooth grid integration for...

Advanced storage project receives $500 m commitment from US DoE
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 by The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office has issued a conditional commitment to Advanced Clean Energy Storage, Mitsubishi Power Americas, Magnum Development and...

German government charters four FSRUs via Uniper and RWE
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 by In the effort to free Germany from its dependency on Russian gas, a significant milestone has been reached: on behalf of, and in the name of the German government, RWE and Uniper...

Planning permission secured for Hams Hall storage project
Tuesday, May 10, 2022 by Penso Power and Luminous Energy, partners in the Welbar Energy Storage joint venture, have secured full planning approval for a 350MW connection capacity battery storage development...

Largest green hydrogen hub selects EPC provider
Tuesday, May 03, 2022 by Black & Veatch has been selected by Mitsubishi Power Americas and Magnum Development, the co-developers of what is said to be the world’s first and largest industrial green...

World’s largest flywheel starts its journey to Ireland
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 by A real heavyweight in the energy transition is on its way to Ireland. On 14 April the world’s largest flywheel left the Siemens Energy factory in Muelheim, Germany, and is now on its...

RWE aims at €1.5 billion in Ireland investments
Tuesday, April 19, 2022 by RWE has committed to investing €50 billion gross through to 2030 to expand its green generation capacity to 50 GW, with up to €1.5 billion gross of that already earmarked for...

470 MWh storage project gets under way in the Philippines
Tuesday, February 01, 2022 by On 27 January Fluence announced today that the first 20 MW/20 MWh battery-based energy storage unit in a project totalling 470MW/470MWh has entered commercial service.

Contracts awarded for proposed Aldbrough hydrogen storage
Tuesday, January 18, 2022 by Equinor and SSE Thermal have awarded two key contracts for work on the proposed hydrogen storage facility at Aldbrough, in the UK, a sign of their commitment to kickstart a low...