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Why Goldman Sachs thinks advanced compressed air is worthy of US$250m investment

Hydrostor CEO Curtis VanWalleghem talks advanced compressed air energy storage and how Goldman Sachs Asset Management came to invest US$250m in his company.

Connecticut utilities launch 580MW aggregated Energy Storage Solutions incentives programme

A programme incentivising the deployment of customer-sited energy storage systems (ESS) has been launched by the two main investor-owned utilities serving the US state of Connecticut.

Make your BESS ready for the Smart Grid

Battery storage system integrators often have to network components from different industrial sectors and then connect them to higher-level control systems. HMS Networks’ Martin Matt discusses how to solve the associated challenges.

Stopping thermal runaway six minutes before it starts

Steve Kenny, general manager for Advanced Fire Detection at Honeywell Building Technologies talks about why the detection of off-gases is an important line of defence.

India’s government receives 130GWh bids for advanced battery cell manufacturing incentives

An Indian government scheme to support domestic battery manufacturing received bids totalling 130GWh of proposals, more than double the anticipated 50GWh of capacity the incentives will support. 

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The Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility could eventually host 1,500MW/6,000MWh of batteries, Vistra said. Image: LG Energy Solution.
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Expansion plan to take world’s biggest battery storage project to 3GWh capacity

January 25, 2022
Plans to nearly double the output and capacity of the world’s biggest battery energy storage system (BESS) project to date have been announced by its owner, Vistra Energy. 
Rendering of the Edwards Sanborn project in Kern County, California. The site includes separately utilised standalone battery storage and solar-plus-storage facilities Image: Terra-Gen / CPA.
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California utility PG&E proposes 1.6GW/6.4GWh of new battery storage across nine projects

January 25, 2022
Plans to procure energy from nine large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in California have been announced by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), one of the state’s three main investor-owned utilities.
Rendering of the microgrid Sungrow and KarmSolar are building in the Bahariya Oasis, Egypt. Image: Sungrow.
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ROUNDUP: ‘Bring your own battery’ Florida study, Microgrid for Egypt poultry co, Helsinki data centre batteries join electricity market

January 24, 2022
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
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PODCAST: Solar and energy storage for everyone, sustainability, net metering and long-duration

January 24, 2022
The year has gotten off to a frenetic start, with plenty of news from the global solar and energy storage sectors to digest on the January 2022 episode of the Solar Media Podcast.
The companies have exceeded their target of agreeing to co-developing 750MW of solar projects in Italy. Image: Powertis.
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Aquila Capital co-developing Italian clean energy portfolio including 90MW energy storage

January 24, 2022
Spanish solar company Soltec Power Holdings, through its subsidiary Powertis, has sold a controlling stake in 421MW of its solar PV projects and 90MW of energy storage in Italy to German investment firm Aquila Capital under a co-development agreement.
The capacity of Zinc8's zinc-air battery cell can be increased simply by scaling up the zinc storage tank. Image: Zinc8.
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NYSERDA trials long-duration zinc battery storage at community apartments in New York City

January 24, 2022
A 100kW/1.5MWh zinc-based battery energy storage system (BESS) will be installed at a 32-building housing development in Queens, New York, supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). 
Gravitricity's energy storage system concept. While the demonstrator in Scotland is above ground, the company wants to repurpose disused mine shafts for its large-scale commercial projects. Image: Gravitricity.
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European Investment Bank supports thermal, gravity energy storage projects

January 21, 2022
The EU’s European Investment Bank has pledged support for a long-duration thermal energy storage project and a gravity-based energy storage demonstration project.
The Kidston site. Image: Genex Australia.
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Underground works begin at 250MW Kidston pumped hydro plant in Australia

January 21, 2022
“Extensive works” to house two 125MW turbines have begun at Australia’s first new pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in nearly 40 years, developer Genex Power has said. 
One of the three projects during construction and commissioning. LG battery modules can be seen on the left. Image: Burns & McDonnell.
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Burns & McDonnell completes three 20MWh Texas battery storage projects in five months

January 20, 2022
The engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) team at international construction firm Burns & McDonnell has brought online 60MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in West Texas.
Fluence Cube, the company's sixth generation battery storage solution, launched in 2020. Image: Fluence.
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Fluence targets growth potential in India, forming JV with independent power producer ReNew Power

January 20, 2022
Fluence is forming a new company with independent power producer (IPP) ReNew Power, aimed at providing energy storage solutions in India.

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