Energy storage news - April 30th, 2021
This week’s TOP 5 features news about two battery storage projects announced by an Australian mining company, the plans of Sonnedix to deploy a large solar installation with a 50 MW / 200 MWh storage system in Chile, the 35 MW battery installation to be developed by a large Finnish energy producer, the announcement of the SEACEF financial support to a big floating solar project which includes storage in Vietnam and the utilization of an innovative redflox flow battery system to support a microgrid in Patagonia.
- Fortescue Metals Group contracted Pacific Energy to deploy 2 large battery systems with a total capacity of 42 MW in the Pilbara region.
- Global renewable energy producer Sonnedix is looking to develop a solar-plus-storage installation in Chile with up to 200 MWh of battery systems.
- Pohjolan Voima Oyj has announced its plans for a 35 MW battery unit that will be used to deliver flexibility services to the Finnish grid.
- A Singapore-based investor will support a 200 MWh storage project coupled to a floating solar installation in Vietnam.
- An iron-based redox flow battery system featuring six hours of storage will be installed and connected to a microgrid in the south of Chile by the supplier ESS.