Energy Storage news - December 20th, 2019

This week’s TOP 5 includes plans for the first US long-duration liquid air storage project, the acquisition of 50 MW of operational storage by Gresham House Energy Storage for £29.2 million, GlidePath’s replacement of a gas peaker project with a 20MW/80MWh battery storage system in New York, Gridserve’s start of operations  at the UK’s 'most advanced solar farm’ and the issuance of the U.S. Energy Storage Operational Safety Guidelines by the Energy Storage Association.

  1. Highview Power and Encore Renewable Energy will be co-developing a 50MW/400MWh liquid air storage system in northern Vermont.
  2. Gresham House Energy Storage acquired 50 MW of operational storage systems from VLC Energy. 
  3. GlidePath ditches a gas peaker project for a 20MW/80MWh battery following an $8.8 million incentive from the NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority). 
  4. GRIDSERVE started operations at the ‘UK’s most advanced solar farm’ combining 34.7 MW of solar PV with 27MW/30MWh of storage.
  5. The U.S. Energy Storage Association (ESA) published new safety guidelines to prevent and mitigate potential energy storage operational hazards.