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£1 million gravity energy storage demonstrator is taking shape
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 by Work is reported to be well advanced on a 250 kW demonstrator energy storage device at its site in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is a ground-breaking project to store renewable energy...

Wärtsilä to supply energy storage systems for Texas grid
Tuesday, March 16, 2021 by Wärtsilä is to supply its energy storage technology for two major projects in southern Texas, USA. The interconnected stand-alone systems will have a combined rated capacity of 200...

Demonstration of subsea wave power
Tuesday, March 09, 2021 by Scottish wave power company Mocean Energy and energy storage developer EC-OG, with Chrysaor, Modus, OGTC and Baker Hughes have invested £1.6 million in a programme to develop a wave...

National Grid storage trials ‘highly successful’
Tuesday, February 16, 2021 by Software platform provider Arenko has announced that the Reserve from Storage trial, which it pioneered throughout the summer of 2020 with the UK’s National Grid ESO, has proved...

Energy storage system to boost Mexico’s wind power
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 by Wärtsilä has been contracted to provide a project-critical energy storage system for the 50 MW Eolica Coromuel, S. de R. L (ECO) Wind Farm in La Paz, Mexico. The storage system...

Singapore’s first virtual power plant
Tuesday, February 09, 2021 by Hitachi ABB Power Grids has been selected to deploy its energy storage solution to support the development of Singapore’s first virtual power plant project. The project, launched in...

Centrica enters into battery storage agreement
Tuesday, February 02, 2021 by Alfen has been selected by Centrica Business Solutions, a UK energy and services company, as a preferred partner for the supply of sub–10 MW battery energy storage solutions. With...

New energy storage project will be one of world’s largest
Wednesday, December 23, 2020 by Independent energy company InterGen, based in Edinburgh, has been granted consent for the UK’s largest battery energy storage project. The project is more than ten times the size of...

California needs up to 55 GW of long term storage
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 by By 2045, California will require the deployment of up to a 55 GW of long duration energy storage to support its 100% clean electricity goals. This represents more than a 150X increase...

German State to fund energy storage solution
Tuesday, December 01, 2020 by As part of its ‘progres.nrw’ funding programme, German state North Rhine-Westphalia is providing funding of €200 000 for a technical and economic-evaluation study of the new MAN...

UK’s largest battery goes on line
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 by Gresham House Energy Storage Fund and flexible energy specialist Flexitricity have announced that the UK’s largest battery is now live and helping National Grid ESO balance supply...

Saft launches new energy storage hub
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 by Saft has opened a new manufacturing hub for energy storage solutions in Zhuhai, China. The new plant will enable Saft to provide an integrated approach to energy storage worldwide....

Highview Power to develop giga-scale cryogenic energy storage projects
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 by Highview Power, prominent in long duration energy storage solutions, has entered into a joint venture agreement with Energía Latina S.A.-Enlasa, the largest backup power...

US utility-scale battery storage costs have fallen 70% in three years
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 by The average energy capacity cost of utility-scale battery storage in the United States has fallen rapidly from $2152 per kWh in 2015 to $625/kWh in 2018 according to the US...

Fabrication starts on Gravitricity’s storage demonstrator
Tuesday, September 01, 2020 by International winch specialists Huisman have begun fabrication of a £1 million energy storage demonstrator destined for trial in Edinburgh early next year.

World’s first smart fossil-free island
Tuesday, August 25, 2020 by Hitachi ABB Power Grids’ battery energy storage technology is being used in Porto Santo, to support the integration of renewable energy into the island grid.

Construction of megabattery gets under way
Tuesday, August 04, 2020 by Pacific Gas & Electric and Tesla have begun construction of a 182.5 MW/ 730 MWh lithium-ion storage system in Monterey County, California.

EIB backing for battery gigafactory
Monday, August 03, 2020 by The European Investment Bank has entered into a $350 million loan agreement to support the financing of Europe’s first home-grown ‘gigafactory’ for lithium-ion battery cells,...

EGP starts Lily construction
Tuesday, July 28, 2020 by Enel Green Power (EGP has started construction of the Lily solar + storage project in Texas, its first utility-scale solar + storage project in North America. The project comprises a...