Global news, analysis and opinion on energy storage innovation and technologies

Battery storage fire safety is everyone’s business

With over 25 years’ experience as a firefighter and now part of a group that specialises in battery storage safety, Paul Rogers at Energy Safety Response Group knows all about fire safety from both sides of the fence.

North America’s largest Li-ion battery recycling giga-facility to ‘take on as much as possible’ from ESS sector

The company behind what is claimed will be the largest lithium-ion battery recycling facility in North America intends to process as much material as it can from the energy storage system (ESS) industry.

Neoen begins Goyder Renewables Zone wind-solar-storage hybrid project in South Australia

The start of work on a hybrid renewable energy project combining large-scale wind power, solar PV and energy storage, marks “an important moment in South Australia’s clean energy transition,” the state’s energy minister has said.

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.

Development approval granted for Maoneng’s 480MWh battery project in Victoria, Australia

Maoneng has been granted development approval for its proposed 240MWp/480MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, Australia, which in megawatt-hour terms will be the country’s biggest project of its type so far.

Analysis, Features

Stopping thermal runaway six minutes before it starts

January 24, 2022

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.

News

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.

News

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.

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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.

Editor's blog, Features, Interviews

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

January 20, 2022

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

News

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.

News

Honeywell signs 19GWh ‘next-gen’ battery deal with startup FREYR Battery

January 19, 2022

A major supply deal and exchange of energy storage system (ESS) technologies and components has been agreed between Honeywell and Norwegian lithium-ion battery manufacturing startup FREYR Battery.

News

Connecticut utilities launch 580MW aggregated Energy Storage Solutions incentives programme

January 19, 2022

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.

News

ROUNDUP: Convergent 40MWh California BESS, Solar-plus-storage in utility RfP, Ex-Younicos CEO Prince joins Largo

January 19, 2022

News in brief from around the world in energy storage.

News

‘Large quantities of energy storage’ can balance the US grid all-year-round, NREL study finds

January 18, 2022

Energy storage will play an important role in US power systems between now and 2050, offering the opportunity to displace fossil fuels with low-cost renewable energy and balancing supply and demand across multiple regions.

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Stopping thermal runaway six minutes before it starts

European Investment Bank supports thermal, gravity energy storage projects

Underground works begin at 250MW Kidston pumped hydro plant in Australia

Burns & McDonnell completes three 20MWh Texas battery storage projects in five months

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

Fluence targets growth potential in India, forming JV with independent power producer ReNew Power

Honeywell signs 19GWh ‘next-gen’ battery deal with startup FREYR Battery

Connecticut utilities launch 580MW aggregated Energy Storage Solutions incentives programme

ROUNDUP: Convergent 40MWh California BESS, Solar-plus-storage in utility RfP, Ex-Younicos CEO Prince joins Largo

‘Large quantities of energy storage’ can balance the US grid all-year-round, NREL study finds

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European Investment Bank supports thermal, gravity energy storage projects

Underground works begin at 250MW Kidston pumped hydro plant in Australia

Burns & McDonnell completes three 20MWh Texas battery storage projects in five months

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

Fluence targets growth potential in India, forming JV with independent power producer ReNew Power

Honeywell signs 19GWh ‘next-gen’ battery deal with startup FREYR Battery

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Stopping thermal runaway six minutes before it starts

European Investment Bank supports thermal, gravity energy storage projects

Underground works begin at 250MW Kidston pumped hydro plant in Australia

Burns & McDonnell completes three 20MWh Texas battery storage projects in five months

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Connecticut utilities launch 580MW aggregated Energy Storage Solutions incentives programme

Viridi Parente raises US$95m investment for ‘fail-safe’ lithium-ion battery technology

US developer Nexus Renewables gets US$100m to build distributed solar, storage and hybrids

Enel X’s first Australia battery storage project will ‘intelligently manage energy use’ for irrigation trust

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Texas community virtual power plant to use SolarEdge’s Energy Bank battery storage

Sunverge’s residential virtual power plant in Maryland is first to bid into PJM wholesale market

Virtual power plants: Enphase, Sunverge and LG in the US, Project Symphony in Australia

European households’ battery storage capacity forecast to reach 12.8GWh by 2025