Energy storage news - October 18th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes PacifiCorp’s plans to host up to 2.8 GW of storage by 2038, the commissioning of National Grid’s 48MWh Nantucket storage system in Massachusetts, the installation of the Balkan’s first Tesla storage system of 12.6MW/22.6 MWh in Jesenice - Slovenia, a $38-million investment in a 30-MW solar plus 13.5 MWh storage system at Mali’s Fekola gold mine and the removal of a 49.9-MW planning cap regulation to pave the way for bigger batteries in the United Kingdom.
- To formalise its shift from coal, PacifiCorp unveiled its plans to host up to 2.8 GW of storage by 2038.
- National Grid welcomes its latest 6MW/48MWh battery storage system in New England, Massachusetts.
- Slovenia’s latest 12.6MW/22.6MWh Jesenice storage system becomes the Balkan’s first utility-scale Tesla solution.
- Mali’s Fekola gold mine will be retrofitted with a solar-plus-storage system combining 30 MW of solar PV with 13.5 MWh of battery storage.
- UK government set to simplify energy storage planning regulations.