Energy Storage & Hydrogen News - January 26th, 2024

This week's TOP 5+1 highlights include news on a new investment deal for CAES, the commencement of construction for a new BESS in the US, the commissioning of BESS projects in England and Japan, the announcement of a new project in Scotland. Additionally, it covers collaborative efforts for green hydrogen production in the UK and Ireland.

Top 5 Energy Storage news

1.   Compressed air energy storage (CAES) firm Corre Energy has agreed to an offtake and co-investment deal with utility Eneco for a project in Germany.

2.   Developer and operator Strata Clean Energy has started construction on its 255MW/1,020MWh Scatter Wash BESS project in Arizona, US.

3.   Eurus Energy Holdings Corp announced the start of the operation of a 1.5-MW/4.58-MWh BESS in the prefecture of Fukuoka in Japan.

4.   Equinor has announced the commissioning of its first commercial BESS in the UK, a 25-MW/50-MWh facility in Dorset, southwestern England.

5.   RES has announced a new 45-MW energy storage project next to a substation near the town of Alness in Scotland.

+1 Hydrogen news

1.   Lhyfe and developer Source Galileo have joined forces to develop green hydrogen projects across the UK and Ireland.