Energy Storage news - October 9th, 2020

This week’s TOP 5 features news about the procurement of a large battery for Western Australia's utility, the announcement of ambitious energy storage projects in Lithuania, the end of construction works for the first Ringo project's storage unit in France, release of a remarkable green hydrogen roadmap in Spain and go-live of a hybrid battery project in Poland.

  1. Western Australia's government is looking to procure a 100 MW / 200 MWh battery storage system through public electricity provider Synergy.

  2. According to Lithuania's Energy Minister, the country will deploy four 50 MW battery storage projects by the end of 2021.

  3. A 12 MW battery system, first tranche of the "Ringo" virtual transmission project, has been commissioned by France's TSO RTE.

  4. The Spanish government issued a 9-billion-euro hydrogen roadmap including a 4 GW electrolysis capacity target for 20

  5. A large-scale demonstration project combining lithium-ion and lead acid batteries started operations in Poland.