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Energy Storage news - December 13th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 covers the European Commission’s authorization for a multi-billion aid for the “Airbus of batteries”, the replacement of an Alaskan gas peaker by a 2-hour 46.5-MW Tesla system, the commissioning of Infigen’s Lake Bonney 20MW/52MWh battery project in South Australia, Enel X’s start of operations at New York City’s largest storage system and BlackRock’s closing of $1 billion out of a record $2.5 billion fund it dedicated to solar, wind and energy storage less than six months ago.
post.read-moreEnergy Storage news - November 29th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes Convergent’s delivery of a 10MW/20MWh battery storage system at a Shell oil refinery and the completion of a 1.75MW/10MWh compressed air energy storage system in Ontario - Canada, the commissioning of a Total Quadran solar-plus-storage project combining 10 MW of storage with 16 MW of solar PV in New Caledonia, the inauguration of Spain’s first distribution grid-connected system and the intervention of South Australian household batteries following a 784 MW generation outage in Queensland to maintain system frequency.
post.read-moreEnergy Storage news - November 22nd, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes Salt River Project’s plans for two Arizonian solar-plus-storage projects totalling 338MW/1352MWh of battery storage, Neoen’s upgrade of its Hornsdale Tesla Big Battery project up to a 150MW/193.5MWh sizing, the selection of SunPower and the Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Group for a solar-plus-storage system at New York’s JFK Airport, start of operations at the world’s largest green hydrogen pilot in Austria and Saft’s nomination for the construction of the Nordics’ largest storage system for Finnish wind developer TuuliWatti.
post.read-moreEnergy Storage news - November 15th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes findings by the Energy Systems Catapult regarding the necessity of more than 1.4 TWh of energy storage in the United Kingdom, California’s need for 19GW/76GWh of storage by 2030, Ørsted’s plan to construct a 460-MW solar-plus-storage system in the United States, India’s HIL tender for 2.15 MW of solar-plus-storage projects and a €250-million support for LG Chem’s EV battery gigafactory in Poland.
post.read-moreEnergy storage news - November 08th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes AGL’s contract with Maoneng Group for the development of 200MW/400MWh of battery storage in New South Wales, EDF’s acquisition of Pivot Power, a joint solicitation for the installation of more than 32.7 MW of behind-the-meter battery storage in San Francisco – California, the signing of 30-year contract between Georgia Power and RWE for the Broken Spoke solar-plus-storage project and the selection of the Downer Group for the construction of a 35MW/11MWh storage system plus 60 MW of solar PV at a mine in Australia.
post.read-moreEnergy storage news - November 01st, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes Australia’s unveiling of a $1-billion boost for power grid reliability through new storage, generation and grid infrastructure, go-ahead for a RES project coupling 183 MW of wind with 215 MW of battery storage in South Australia, Singapore’s 200 MW energy storage target beyond 2025, the commissioning of three 20-MW battery storage projects in the UK by Fluence and Sembcorp and the resumption of Great Britain’s Capacity Market following European Commission’s approval.
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