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Energy storage news - August 2nd, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes Southern Power’s partnership with esVolta for the development of 345 MWh of storage in California, the approval of a second peaker replacement project in the Golden State, the validation of a $200 million solar-plus-storage project in South Australia, the pre-qualification of a redox flow battery for the delivery of frequency response services to the UK grid and NY-BEST’s comments regarding the latest peaker study by the NY state regulator.
Read moreEnergy storage news - July 26th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes Queensland’s shortlisting of ten renewable and storage projects that will compete for the ‘Renewables 400’ auction, the backing of what could be the world’s largest solar-plus-storage project by Australia’s Northern Territory government, the approval of a solar-plus-storage project combining 100 MW of solar PV with 240 MWh of battery storage in Zimbabwe, ConEd’s search for 310 MW of bulk storage and the signing of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act by New York’s governor.
Read moreEnergy storage news - July 19th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes the conclusion of a power purchase agreement for the AUD480 million Solar River Project that will combine 200 MW of solar with 100MW/300MWh of storage , the approval of Georgia Power’s 2019 Integrated Resource Plan that includes 80 MW of energy storage and 2.3 GW of renewables by 2024, Duke Energy’s attempt to tax North Carolina’s future solar projects unless they integrate energy storage, the refutal of PJM’s arguments for a 10-hour minimal running time of storage assets by the Energy Storage Association and the installation of a 2.5 MWh behind-the-meter battery storage system at Smappee’s Belgian headquarters.
Read moreEnergy storage news - July 12th 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes the conclusion of an in-depth analysis led by Australia’s energy market operator showing the need for 15 GW of storage by 2040, the European Commission’s dedication of €132 million to the development of next-gen batteries in Europe, a Stem/Syncarpha Capital announcement of five projects totalling 28.2 MW/28.2 MWh of storage alongside 26 MW of solar, the results of a North Carolina State University report setting path for 5 GW of battery storage by 2030 in its home state and Long Island’s new $55 million funding for commercial energy storage and residential solar-plus-storage systems.
Read moreEnergy storage news - July 5th 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes the filing of the Tennessee Valley Authority Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) that seeks 5.3 GW of storage by 2038, the development approval of the massive Robertstown solar-plus-storage project in South Australia, the setting of a new and formal definition of energy storage that will alleviate the current hurdles that it's currently facing, Los Angeles’s quest for a record-low solar-plus-storage PPA price and the swap of an old gas peaker for a 20MW/80MWh battery in Oakland, California.
Read moreEnergy storage news - June 28th, 2019
This week’s TOP 5 includes NV Energy’s intention to purchase power from three massive projects totaling 1.2 GW of solar and 590 MW of storage, AES’s groundbreaking of the Alamitos Energy Center’s 400 MWh storage component, the 15% hike of sales taxes on home energy storage systems in the UK, the announcement of three one-hour 10 MW battery storage systems in Germany and Lombardy’s €4.4 million incentive program for residential and commercial solar-plus-storage systems.
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