Energy storage news - March 26th, 2021
This week’s TOP 5 features news about the preliminary results of South Africa's Risk Mitigation tender which includes hundreds of MW of energy storage, the confirmation of two big battery projects by AGL in Australia, the remarkable pipeline of energy storage projects announced by Hunt Energy in Texas, the plans for large solar-plus-storage installations in the UK unveiled by Statkraft and the utilization of a MW-scale sodium-sulfur battery in Mongolia.
- A total of approximately 430 MW of energy storage systems were selected in the preliminary results of the South African Risk Mitigation tender.
- Australian utility AGL will soon start the construction of a 250 MW battery system in South Australia and submitted an application for another 200 MW in Victoria.
- Hunt Energy and Manulife Investment new venture will develop up to 500 MW of storage projects connected to the distribution grid in Texas.
- Norwegian energy producer Statkraft has announced its plans for 3 large scale solar-plus-storage projects in the UK.
- A grid-scale sodium-sulfur battery supplied by a Japanese consortium will be deployed in Mongolia to support the integration of renewable energy sources.