Energy Storage & Hydrogen News - April 5th, 2024
This week's TOP 5+1 features news on 3 battery projects: the announcement of a 10MW/12MWh from developer Better Energy in Denmark, the acquisition of a 133MW/532MWh capacity market awardee in Poland from DTEK, and the development of a 120MW/280MWh on a former nuclear power plant site in Germany. There is also news on a new BESS manufacturing facility in the UK, and on the battery recycling sector in Europe. On another note, France receives EUR 900 million from the European Commission for biomass and hydrogen.
Top 5 Energy Storage news
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1.Better Energy is developing a 10MW / 12MWh at one of its solar plants in Denmark.
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2.Ukraine-based investor DTEK buys Columbus Energy’s 133MW / 532MWh BESS project in Poland, which has won long-term capacity market contract.
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3.Land at former nuclear power plant site in Germany has been allocated for a 120MW / 280MWh BESS project.
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4.Rimac Energy has opened an innovation and manufacturing facility in the UK, to build its first BESS units.
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5.Battery recycling sector receives big investments in Europe, as the continent plans on increasing its domestic supply for Li-ion gigafactory projects.
+1 Hydrogen news:
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1.France got approval from European Commission for a EUR 900 million state aid scheme for the development of biomass and hydrogen.