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2000 MW solar and battery storage for the UK
Black & Veatch has been awarded a lead role in the development of an initial 2 GW of solar and battery storage by UK-based developer Amberside Energy. Black & Veatch will...
Renewable Power Capital enters Europe’s storage market
Renewable Power Capital, the pan-European renewable energy investment platform backed by CPP Investments, has entered the battery storage market in Great Britain, working with...
Gravity energy storage could help decarbonise India
A new project aims to identify how gravity energy storage can help decarbonise one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Scottish energy storage specialists Gravitricity have...
Large-scale direct air capture moving to next step
The world’s largest commercial-scale project capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air and storing it underground is undergoing assessment in Iceland. Ramboll has been selected...
Norway has ambitions as a battery powerhouse
Siva – the state-owned Industrial Development Corporation of Norway – has partnered with Morrow Batteries to establish a joint property company that will build a gigafactory for...
DNV launches online battery ‘scorecard’
DNV, the independent energy consultancy and assurance provider, has released the fourth edition of its ‘Battery Scorecard’ report. This edition incorporates independent testing...
Whitetail CCS project shortlisted
8 Rivers Capital’s UK-based project Whitetail Clean Energy has been selected by the UK government as one of three ‘Power CCS’ low carbon energy generation projects within the UK...
Next-gen heat pump ‘could cut energy bills and CO2 emissions’
Researchers from the University of Glasgow have developed a new type of heat pump, a flexible heat pump technology, which could help households save on their energy bills and...
NGK to install battery and PV combination
NGK Insulators has elected to install a combination storage battery and PV system at its manufacturing sites in Nomi City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. The system will capture...
UBS acquires 700 MW of energy storage projects
UBS Asset Management has announced the acquisition of five standalone, development-stage energy storage projects in Texas from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES). This marks...
Battery storage to be 24% of Ireland's installed energy by 2030
Data from Cornwall Insight Ireland’s ‘All-island power market outlook to 2030’ paper has shown battery storage capacity will grow to become nearly a quarter (24%) of Ireland's...
Energy storage systems for huge solar-plus-storage project
Wärtsilä is delivering a 500 MWac, 2 GWh portfolio of energy storage systems to clean energy developer and operator Clearway Energy Group. The contracts cover five sites located in...
Iberdrola’s first commercial-scale battery system
Iberdrola’s 50 MW Gorman Battery Energy Storage System has been made operational in County Meath, Ireland. It is the company’s first operational commercial-scale battery storage...
GE to triple its manufacturing capacity for energy storage electronics
GE is responding to strongly increased demand by tripling the manufacturing capacity of its solar and battery energy storage Power Electronics systems by the end of 2022 to 9 GW per...
Magnesium to be researched as a sustainable lithium alternative
The potential for magnesium to offer a sustainable and affordable alternative to lithium in batteries is being explored in research led at the University of Strathclyde. The study,...
Illinois coal plants awarded funding for development as storage
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) has announced $280.5 million in funding over ten years for five of the state’s coal-fired plants that are...
Energy storage for Côte d'Ivoire’s first solar plant
Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has won a major contract from Eiffage Energie Systèmes to deliver a 10 MW energy storage system (ESS) to help ensure smooth grid integration for...
Advanced storage project receives $500 m commitment from US DoE
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office has issued a conditional commitment to Advanced Clean Energy Storage, Mitsubishi Power Americas, Magnum Development and...
German government charters four FSRUs via Uniper and RWE
In the effort to free Germany from its dependency on Russian gas, a significant milestone has been reached: on behalf of, and in the name of the German government, RWE and Uniper...