Energy storage news - May 23th, 2021
This week’s TOP 5 features news about the proposal from a large Australian utility to deploy renewable and storage assets on its grid, the selection of Hitachi ABB as a storage solution supplier for an industrial park in Thailand, the award of a supply contract to Sungrow for a solar-plus-storage installation in Malawi, the announcement of a large pipeline of liquid-air energy storage projects in Spain and the start of a feasibility study to install a 40 MW battery system in Senegal.
- Victoria's utility Powercor has issued a network augmentation plan that suggests the deployment of 1.1 GW of energy storage assets.
- Hitachi ABB Power Grid's battery storage and control solution will be used in Thailand for a large industrial microgrid installation.
- System integrator Sungrow will supply a solar-plus-storage system including a 10 MWh battery for a project in Malawi.
- Up to 2 GWh of liquid-air energy storage projects are currently under development in Spain according to Highview Power.
- Lekela Power is investigating the possibility to deploy a 40 MW battery storage system on one of its wind farm in Senegal.