Energy storage absent from leaked draft of European Union power plan

A leaked draft version the policy strategy designed to liberate the European Union from ties to Russian fossil fuel imports, includes no mention of energy storage.

Batteries at Europe’s industrial facilities ‘can lower electricity costs for everyone’

Industrial battery storage systems can lower electricity costs for the facilities they are installed at, but could also help manage the cost of power for all consumers.

Ameresco and Powin sign 2.5GWh multi-year battery storage supply agreement

Renewable energy development company Ameresco has signed a non-exclusive purchasing framework with system integrator Powin Energy, totalling 2.5GWh of Powin’s Stack750 battery energy storage system (BESS) product until 2025.

What role is large-scale battery storage playing on the grid today?

With a handful of leading regions deploying grid-scale storage at a faster rate than ever, what sort of impact are these additions having so far on the problems they are intended to solve?

Investigation confirms cause of fire at Tesla’s Victorian Big Battery in Australia

A liquid coolant leak caused thermal runaway in battery cells which started a fire at the 300MW/450MWh Victorian Big Battery in Australia.

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Duke Energy's first battery energy storage system (BESS) project was this 9MW facility in Asheville, North Carolina, commissioned in 2020. Image: Duke Energy.
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Up to 5.9GW of battery storage in Duke Energy carbon reduction plan for Carolinas

May 17, 2022
Duke Energy’s carbon reduction plan for its Carolina businesses includes proposals for a “significant growth” in energy storage deployments.
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Cellcube signs five-year agreement to deploy 1GW-plus of flow batteries in Southern Africa

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Cellcube has signed a five-year agreement with an energy asset developer to deploy 1GW-plus of its vanadium redox flow batteries (VFRBs) in Southern Africa, but CEO Alexander Schoenfeldt tells Energy-Storage.news the company’s supply chain has a long way to go before getting to that kind of number.
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Energy storage customers seek reassurance on fire safety after ‘high profile failures’

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Northvolt’s battery recycling plant Hydrovolt commences operations in Norway

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Italy reaches 1.2GWh of energy storage in Q1 2022

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Battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity in Italy reached 587MW/1,227MWh in the first three months of 2022, of which 977MWh is distributed energy storage, according to the national renewables association, ANIE Rinnovabili.
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Long-duration energy storage ‘for everyone’ says US DoE as McKinsey publishes advice to corporates

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The US government Department of Energy has issued a Request for Information as it prepares to rollout a package worth more than half a billion dollars to support development and commercialisation of long-duration energy storage.
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Overcoming the great disconnect in the battery storage supply chain

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Chinese PV industry heavyweights’ battery storage announcements at Europe trade show

May 16, 2022
Intersolar Europe event saw a number of energy storage-related announcements from Chinese solar PV industry players.
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Fluence grows Q2 revenues 250% to US$343 million

May 16, 2022
Global system integrator Fluence increased its revenues for the first three months of 2022, its second quarter, 249% to US$343 million.
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Batteries are number one at maintaining Australia’s grid frequency

May 16, 2022
Battery storage is leading provider of frequency control ancillary services (FCAS) in the National Electricity Market.

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