Energy Storage news - November 13th, 2020

This week’s TOP 5 features news about HighView Power's LAES system construction in England, plans for a 20 MW battery unit on a Finnish industrial site, development of a 15 MW battery coupled to a solar plant in Senegal, publication of a list of energy storage projects by the ENTSOE in its latest network development plan, and the installation of a vanadium flow battery to be undertaken by Abengoa in South Africa.

  1. The construction of Highview Power's 250 MWh Liquid Air Energy Storage system started this week in Manchester.
  2. Swiss-based developer MW Storage will deploy a 20 MW battery on an industrial site in Finland.
  3. Energy Resources Senegal and Climate Fund Managers will jointly develop Senegal's first solar-plus-storage project. 
  4. The alliance of European TSOs released a roadmap of energy storage projects to be developed by 2040, including two remarkable battery storage units in Greece and Slovakia. 
  5. Spanish solution integrator Abengoa will install a 4 MWh vanadium flow battery in South Africa.