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California residential and C&I batteries in the fight to keep lights on

September 13, 2022
Battery storage in homes and at businesses contributed to helping the CAISO grid in California afloat during recent difficulties.
Image: Storlytics.

Grid-tied battery lifecycle estimation, the Achilles’ heel of energy storage project development

September 13, 2022
Sherif Abdelrazek from energy storage software company Storlytics on one of the major challenges still faced in the BESS space.
A NESF solar power plant, pictured in 2019. Image: NextEnergy Solar Fund.

UK’s NextEnergy Solar Fund in US$233 million battery storage partnership with developer Eelpower

September 13, 2022
London Stock Exchange-listed NESF has launched a joint venture partnership with developer Eelpower worth £200 million (US$233 million).
Rendering of containerised NGK NAS battery storage. Image: NGK Insulators.

NGK to install sodium-sulfur battery storage at former LNG facility in Japan

September 13, 2022
A large-scale sodium-sulfur (NAS) battery energy storage system made by NGK Insulators will be installed at a former LNG terminal in Japan.
Conrad Energy breaking ground on another recent UK project site. Image: Conrad Energy.

ROUNDUP: UK developers make announcements on more than 600MW of new projects

September 12, 2022
This edition of news in brief comes from another busy week for our colleagues covering the UK energy transition.
A vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) system manufactured by E22, a subsidiary of Spanish renewables company Gransolar. VRFB is among the broad suite of technologies that can deliver long-duration storage. Image: E22 / Gransolar.

Aquila Capital buying 440MWh of battery storage projects in South Australia

September 12, 2022
Aquila Capital will acquire a pipeline of large-scale battery storage projects in development in Australia, from Spain’s Gransolar Group.
Battery storage installation underway at the project. Image: Pattern Energy.

Pattern Energy closes financing on Japanese offshore wind project with 100MW/180MWh battery storage

September 12, 2022
Pattern Energy has achieved financial close on an offshore wind project in northern Japan to include a 100MW battery energy storage system.
Construction activity underway at the site. Image: Qcells / PRWeb.

US$150 million financing closed by Qcells for largest standalone BESS in Texas’ ERCOT market

September 9, 2022
Qcells has closed a US$150 million financing deal for its first large-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) project.
Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York. Image: Governor Kathy Hochul official Flickr.

New York’s state government backs long-duration energy storage projects

September 9, 2022
US$16.6 million funding has been committed for five long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects in New York by the US state’s government.
AES Clean Energy's Lancaster Area Battery, a 127MW/508MWh BESS which has just gone online. Image: AES Clean Energy president Leonardo Moreno via LinkedIn.

California’s fleet of battery storage working to avert energy crisis

September 8, 2022
Energy stored in batteries is being dispatched in large volumes in California as record-breaking hot weather brings crisis.  

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