Energy Storage & Hydrogen News - September 1st, 2023
This week's TOP 5+1 features news about the start of commercial operations of a new battery in New York, the signing of a new PPA in Djibouti, the acquisition of a pv plus storage plant in Germany, the supply of a new flow battery in Japan, the start of construction of a 40 MWh project in the United Kingdom and a new contract for hydrogen production.
Energy Storage news
- The first state-owned utility-scale battery with a capacity of 20MW/20MWh in New York has commenced its operations.
- AMEA Power signed a Power Purchase Agreement with Electricité de Djibouti for a 25MW Solar plus Storage plant.
- Encavis has acquired a solar-plus-storage project with a capacity of 12MW/24MWh in Germany.
- Sumitomo Electric will supply an 8-hour duration vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) to KASHIWAZAKI Ideal & Realistic Energy in Niigata, Japan.
- Field UK developer has started construction of 40 MWh battery project in South Wales.
Hydrogen news
- Technip Energies awarded a significant contract for hydrogen production unit at bp’s kwinana biorefinery.