Energy Storage news - October 23rd, 2020
This week’s TOP 5 features news about the unveiling of Latin America's largest battery storage project by AES Gener, Canadian Solar's plan for the deployment of a 75 MW battery in California, big battery supply contract for system integrator Wärtsilä in Asia, go-live of a solar-plus-storage plant in Japan and installation of a second large-scale battery unit in Slovenia by NGEN.
- AES Gener announced the construction of a 112 MW, 5-hour battery storage system in the north of Chile.
- Independant power producer Canadian Solar will deploy a 75 MW battery storage system on the Mustang solar plant in California.
- Finnish integrator Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract for the supply of a 90 MW / 90 MWh battery storage unit in South East Asia.
- SB Energy's solar-and-storage plant started commercial operations with Hokkaido Electric Power in Yakumo.
- A 15 MW / 30 MWh battery expected to provide primary frequency control was commissioned by Slovenian solution provider NGEN in Kidričevo.