Energy Storage News - February 21th, 2020

This week’s TOP 5 includes Shell’s offtake deal for a 100MW/100MWh project in the United Kingdom, Rio Tinto’s plan to link 34 MW of solar PV and 12 MWh of battery storage to its upcoming Koodaideri mine in Western Australia, how batteries saved South Australia’s day following the rupture of one of the nation’s largest transmission lines, Turkey’s latest regulations regarding energy storage and the pause of Tesla’s Gigafactory project in Germany.  

1. Dutch Oil supermajor Shell signed an offtake deal for China Huaneng‘s 100MW/100MWh storage project, claimed to become Europe’s largest.

2. Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto has set aside USD 65.9 million for the construction of a 34-MW solar PV plant and a 12-MWh Li-ion battery storage system to serve its upcoming Koodaideri mine.

3. Once again, South Australian batteries saved the day following transmission line incident due to dramatic weather events.

4. New Turkish regulations set guidelines for the construction and grid connection of energy storage systems.

5. Tesla put its proposed Berlin battery gigafactory project on hold following a court decision regarding tree clearance.