Energy Storage & Hydrogen News - September 29th, 2023

This week's TOP 5+1 features news about the announcement of a new project in Belgium, the launch of construction of a new BESS in France, the commissioning of two hybrid projects in Cameroon, the announcement of a new BESS in the Netherlands, the signing of a new PPA in New Mexico, and a new funding deal for an electrolyser in Australia.

Energy Storage news

  1. Giga storage announced large-scale energy storage project of 1200MWh in Belgium.
  2. GazelEnergie and Q ENERGY have announced the launch of construction for 35MW/44MWh BESS in France.
  3. Scatec has announced the commissioning of two hybrid projects in Cameroon.
  4. RWE will install 35MW BESS at its Netherlands biomass plant.
  5. EDF Renewables in North America has signed a 150MW solar-plus-storage 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the utility of New Mexico.

Hydrogen news

  1. The New South Wales government has signed an AUD-45-million (USD 28.7m/EUR 27.3m) funding deal backing Origin Energy plan to install a 55-MW electrolyser.