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Leeward Renewable Energy board members and some of the team at OMERS, the renewables developer's financial backer, visiting the company's Kern County developments earlier this year. Image: LRE via Twitter.

PPA with Southern California Edison for Leeward Renewable Energy’s first standalone BESS

June 28, 2023
Leeward Renewable Energy has signed 15-year PPA with utility Southern California Edison for a 126MW battery storage project in Kern County.
ZincFive's newest design battery cabinet for data centre UPS and peak shaving applications, launched at the start of 2023. Image: ZincFive.

Next-gen battery hopeful ZincFive gets US$80 million commitment from new strategic partner

June 28, 2023
Startup ZincFive, maker of a novel nickel-zinc battery for stationary storage applications, has brought its total investment raised since founding seven years ago to more than US$200 million.
The majority of BESS deployed in Canada to date has been large behind-the-meter C&I systems in Ontario like the one pictured, but this could be set to change. Credit: PRNewsfoto/Convergent Energy + Power
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Ontario picks another 142MW/1,136MWh of BESS through expedited RFP

June 28, 2023
Ontario’s electric system operator has announced the award of contracts to a further eight battery storage projects in expedited RFP.
Rendering of how a Rondo Heat Battery would look at an industrial site. Image: Rondo Energy.
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Thermal storage company Rondo plans 90GWh ramp up of ‘Heat Battery’ gigafactory

June 27, 2023
Rondo Energy, which counts Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures among its investors, intends to scale up annual production capacity of its thermal storage tech to 90GWh.
The awards officially launched at the Energy Storage Summit in London earlier this year. Image: Solar Media.

Energy Storage Awards 2023: Let’s recognise Europe’s leaders and innovators

June 27, 2023
Many readers of Energy-Storage.news and Energy Storage Summit series attendees have shown interest in the Energy Storage Awards 2023 already.
One of two large-scale BESS units built and owned by Pacifico Energy which were the first in the country to start wholesale market trading of energy. Image: Pacifico Energy.

First BESS in Japan to commercially trade energy commissioned by country’s biggest solar developer

June 27, 2023
Milestone reached in utility-scale battery storage market development in Japan, with Pacifico Energy trading energy from two new projects.
A 25 MW/100 MWh grid-scale BESS in Ruien Aquila Nippon

How battery storage accelerates decarbonisation in Asia-Pacific

June 26, 2023
Energy storage can enable decarbonisation of economies around the world and Asia-Pacific is no exception. Hendrik Bohne of Aquila Capital looks at the examples of two leading examples in the region.
Existing Kyoto Group Heatcube installation at an industrial facility in Denmark. Image: Kyoto Group / Iberdrola.

ROUNDUP: Honeywell C&I launch, Wärtsilä fire safety, Iberdrola invests in thermal storage

June 23, 2023
A roundup of news in brief from around the world in energy storage, with Honeywell, Wärtsilä and Iberdrola.
Ribbon-cutting as commissioning at Spencer Energy Project begins. Image: Yadlamalka Energy.
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A week of upstream and downstream activity for Australia’s nascent vanadium flow battery sector

June 23, 2023
Premier of Queensland visited electrolyte factory, and the company building it has ordered a vanadium flow battery from Sumitomo Electric.
A utility-owned 7MW/30MWh battery project in Staten Island, which came online last year and is thought to be the biggest BESS so far within NYC's boundaries. Image: Con Edison
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Con Edison brings online biggest BESS in New York City with utility committed to state goals

June 22, 2023
Con Edison has inaugurated the largest battery storage project to date within New York City, making a tiny dent in delivering the US utility’s state-determined commitment to energy storage.

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