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Battery storage containers at the Bisha project. Image: PowerChina.

Saudi Arabia: 2GWh BESS project ‘marks potential for energy cooperation with China’

January 21, 2025
A 2GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project has gone into operation in Saudi Arabia, according to the EPC firm which delivered it.
Masdar and CATL executives at the supply partnership announcement in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Image: Masdar

Masdar picks solar PV, BESS and EPC partners for ‘world’s biggest’ solar-storage project in UAE

January 20, 2025
Masdar has announced preferred suppliers and contractors for its 5.2GW solar PV and 19GWh battery storage project in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Energy Vault B-Vault BESS units at a project in Texas for developer Jupiter Power. Image: Energy Vault

ROUNDUP: Amazon invests in second life, Nuclear-BESS for data centres, ESS Inc’s new flow battery

January 17, 2025
This edition of news in brief focuses on energy storage technologies that are emerging or on the path to commercialisation.
Hitachi Energy’s WD3 fully functional power conversion station for utility-scale battery energy storage systems. Image: David Morales/Hitachi Energy
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Hitachi Energy’s acquisition of PCS manufacturer ‘closed a gap in the portfolio’

January 16, 2025
Hitachi Energy was ‘looking for a long time’ to add power conversion architecture to its offerings before its acquisition of Eks Energy (EKS), ESN Premium has heard.
Tesla continues to top the bankability pyramid, with the only AAA-rated score among companies evaluated. Image: TagEnergy

Growth of profitable BESS providers, but Tesla continues to top bankability report ratings

January 16, 2025
The new edition of the Battery StorageTech Bankability report reveals an increasing number of competitive providers, writes PV Tech Research analyst Charlotte Gisbourne.
Dr Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Chairman of Masdar gave a speech outlining the need for solutions to meet rapidly growing energy demand from applications including generative AI. Image: Masdar

Masdar, EWEC launch world-biggest 24/7 solar PV and battery project in Abu Dhabi

January 15, 2025
A project combining solar generation and battery storage to provide 1GW of ‘round-the-clock’ dispatchable power was unveiled at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW).
Fluence at the RE+ industry event in California, September 2024. The company is active in 17 global territories but around half of its deployments are in the US. Image: Andy Colthorpe/Solar Media

Year in Review: Fluence on data centres, domestic manufacturing and another ‘record-breaking year’ ahead

January 15, 2025
Our Year in Review Q&A series continues as we speak with Andrew Gilligan, senior director for commercial strategy at Fluence.
Semih Oztreves collects his Outstanding Contribution trophy at the Energy Storage Awards 2024 from Fabrizio Fenu of EDF and comedian Jen Brister. Image: Solar Media

Year in Review: ‘From headwinds to tailwinds,’ in the BESS industry with Zenobē Energy

January 14, 2025
Energy Storage Award 2024 winner, Semih Oztreves, head of network infrastructure at  BESS developer-investor Zenobē Energy, takes part in our annual Q&A series.
China dominates the global battery energy storage supply chain thanks to its low costs and technological prowess. Image: Hithium

Cutthroat competition: the race to the top of the BESS supply chain

January 14, 2025
Rho Motion’s head of research Iola Hughes analyses some of the trends shaping the battery storage supply chain as market growth accelerates worldwide.
The Burns & McDonnell team at the ribbon-cutting to inaugurate the 1GWh Sierra Estrella project with developer Plus Power for Arizona utility SRP. Image: Burns & McDonnell

Year in Review: EPC Burns & McDonnell on energy storage innovation, workforce and Trump

January 13, 2025
The energy storage team at EPC firm Burns & McDonnell offers its take on the year just gone and looks ahead to 2025.

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