Energy Storage News - July 31st, 2020

is week’s TOP 5 talks about the kick-off of PG&E's large battery storage project construction in California, MHPS's award for a 20 MW battery in Orange County, the new official status for Sun Cable's remarkable project in North Australia, India's new guidelines for capacity contract tenders which favor coal as a balancing solution, and Honeywell's first battery project in Ukraine.

 

  1. Tesla started the construction of PG&E's 182.5 MW / 730 MWh Moss Landing battery system in Monterey County, California.

  2. Mitsubishi was selected by developer Hecate Grid to provide a 20 MW / 80 MWh battery in Orange County, California.

  3. Australian government granted a "Major Project" status to Sun Cable's massive 30 GWh storage project, which aims at providing clean energy to Singapore from Australia.

  4. India's Ministry of Energy is favoring coal over storage to provide flexibility to the grid with the publication of capacity contracts tender guidelines.

  5. Honeywell will supply a 1 MW / 1.5 MWh battery, Ukraine's first large-scale storage system.