Renewable energy power producer Scatec has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) for three co-located solar and storage projects with 1.1GWh of energy storage in South Africa.
Zinc-air battery company e-Zinc has entered into a pilot project collaboration with Toyota Tsusho Canada (TTCI) to trial its energy storage system at a wind farm in Texas.
A solar and storage project totalling 20MW has entered commercial operation in Malawi, which the companies involved say is the first grid-connected utility-scale co-located project to do so in sub-Saharan Africa.
Energy conversion equipment specialist Ingeteam has supplied a battery energy storage system (BESS) for the Puertollano facility in Spain, the world’s largest operational green hydrogen plant.
Energy solutions integrator Alfen is building a 12MW battery energy storage system (BESS) with black start functionality for co-location with a wind farm in Finland.
Specialist insurer Altelium has launched a new ‘all risk’ battery energy storage system (BESS) insurance solution, in partnership with global insurer and reinsurer MS Amlin.
Siemens’ international financing arm, US development bank NADBank and energy storage developer EnerSmart Storage have signed a US$78.2 million loan facility to finance a fully merchant battery storage project in California totalling 165MW.
Programmes to provide home energy storage solutions to low-income homes and businesses have been launched in Washington D.C and Connecticut by Electriq Power and Generac/PosiGen, respectively.
Alongside its many benefits, growing deployments of energy storage will pose complex challenges around availability of data and resource planning for grid and distribution network operators.
