Energy storage & Hydrogen news - March 24th, 2023

This week's TOP 5+1 features news about a state aid for storage projects in Romania, the commissioning of a solar plus storage project in Germany, plans for solar plus storage projects in Chile and the US, the acquisition of a portfolio of storage project in the US and plans for a green hydrogen project in the Netherlands.

Energy Storage News 

  1. European Commission has approved a 103 million euros aid sate from the Romanian government for battery storage projects.
  2. Qair Energy and Stadtwerke Leipzig have commissioned a 13.5MWp PV and 3.7MWh storage in Germany.
  3. AES Chile is planning to build a 379MW solar and 542MW/2710MWh storage project in Chile.
  4. TotalEnergies and Holcim are planning to build a 33MW solar and 38.5MWh storage project in Colorado, US.
  5. Spearmint Energy has acquired a storage portfolio in Texas totalling 900MW/2000MWh.

Hydrogen news

  1. The government of the Netherlands is planning to install a 500MW electrolysis to produce green hydrogen from offshore wind.