Energy Storage News - May 22nd, 2020
This week’s TOP 5 talks about PG&E’s selection of seven energy storage projects totaling 423 MW in California, Sungrow’s plans to equip a 203MW/203MWh solar-plus-storage system in China’s Qinghai Province, KEPCO’s selection to build and operate a solar-plus-storage plant in Guam, the completion of Gold Fields’ 56 MW Agnew microgrid project in Western Australia and the United Kingdom’s latest Capacity Market changes.
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Shortly after Southern California Edison’s 770-MW/3080-MWh energy storage procurement, PG&E followed with the procurement of 7 projects totaling 423MW/1700MWh.
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Chinese integrator Sungrow will equip a 1-hour, 203-MW, solar-plus-storage system in Northwest China.
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KEPCO won an international bid to construct a 60-MW solar plant with 32 MW of energy storage in Mangilao, Guam.
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South African miner Gold Fields completed its 56 MW Agnew Hybrid Renewable Project in Western Australia. The ARENA-backed microgrid hosts 18 MW of wind power, 4 MW of solar, 13MW/4MWh of battery storage and 21 MW of fossil generation.
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The UK government ratified a set of changes to the Capacity Market that will enable wider energy storage participation in auctions.