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Energy storage news - September 6th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes Denmark’s allocation of €17 million for energy storage development, the announcement of the $150 million Meru County solar-plus-wind-plus-storage facility in Kenya, Ameren’s plan for 30 MW of solar-plus-storage in Missouri, the intervention of 475 MW of batteries during the UK’s latest blackout and the contracting of 4.3 MW worth of Sunrun residential solar-plus-storage systems in the Hawaiian island of O’ahu.
Read moreEnergy storage news - August 23rd, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes a 110 M$ investment in EnergyVault by Softbank, NEC ES being contracted to build 6 energy storage projects for municipalities throughout New England, the construction start of a 12 MWh battery system by Vattenfall and BMW in the Netherlands, Glidepath’s plans to couple storage to wind power plants in Texas, and California willing to help customers threatened by wildfires effects to acquire battery storage systems.
Read moreEnergy storage news - August 9th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes the approval of Neoen’s AU$500 million solar-plus-wind-plus-storage superhub in South Australia, the go-ahead for a 100MW/100MWh battery storage complement to a 280 MW solar plant in Whyalla, Australia, the announcement of a 35.6 MW solar plus 35.6MW/44.2MWh storage project in St. Kitts and Nevis, NYPA’s US$ 30 million funding for a 20 MW battery storage demonstration project and Dominion Energy’s plan regarding four battery storage pilot projects in Virginia, USA.
Read moreEnergy storage news - August 2nd, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes Southern Power’s partnership with esVolta for the development of 345 MWh of storage in California, the approval of a second peaker replacement project in the Golden State, the validation of a $200 million solar-plus-storage project in South Australia, the pre-qualification of a redox flow battery for the delivery of frequency response services to the UK grid and NY-BEST’s comments regarding the latest peaker study by the NY state regulator.
Read moreEnergy storage news - July 26th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes Queensland’s shortlisting of ten renewable and storage projects that will compete for the ‘Renewables 400’ auction, the backing of what could be the world’s largest solar-plus-storage project by Australia’s Northern Territory government, the approval of a solar-plus-storage project combining 100 MW of solar PV with 240 MWh of battery storage in Zimbabwe, ConEd’s search for 310 MW of bulk storage and the signing of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act by New York’s governor.
Read moreEnergy storage news - July 19th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes the conclusion of a power purchase agreement for the AUD480 million Solar River Project that will combine 200 MW of solar with 100MW/300MWh of storage , the approval of Georgia Power’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan that includes 80 MW of energy storage and 2.3 GW of renewables by 2024, Duke Energy’s attempt to tax North Carolina’s future solar projects unless they integrate energy storage, the refutal of PJM’s arguments for a 10-hour minimal running time of storage assets by the Energy Storage Association and the installation of a 2.5 MWh behind-the-meter battery storage system at Smappee’s Belgian headquarters.
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