Energy storage news - April 9th, 2021

This week’s TOP 5 features news about Zenobe's large battery system dedicated to deliver reactive power to National Grid's transmission network, the supply contract for a big DC-coupled battery awarded to Wartsila in the US, the end of construction works on Statkraft's second Irish energy storage project, the plans of Ameresco to deliver a solar-plus-storage plant in Colorado jointly with HCE, and the selection of Fluence as storage solution supplier for a 1 MW transmission pilot project in Lithuania.

1. Storage project developer Zenobe Energy will deploy a 100 MW battery system to deliver reactive power to the British transmission grid.
2. A 80 MWh DC-coupled battery storage system will be supplied by Finnish integrator Wartsila in Georgia, USA.
3. Statkraft's 26 MW battery storage project dedicated to frequency control services was commissioned in Ireland.
4. Ameresco will install a grid-scale solar-plus-storage plant in Colorado in partnership with Holy Cross Energy.
5. A pilot energy storage system will be delivered by Fluence in Lithuania to be used as a transmission asset by the system operator.