A trio of Germany grid-scale BESS news items, with Next Kraftwerke and ju:niz Energy agreeing a seven year toll, Alpiq announcing a 370MW pipeline, and WBS Power selling the country’s largest solar-plus-storage project and planning a data centre on the same site.
Compressed air energy storage (CAES) developer Cache Power is partnering with construction company EllisDon to deliver a CAES facility in Northeast Alberta, Canada.
South Carolina public utility company Santee Cooper has applied for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Convenience and Neccessity (CECPCN) with the state’s public service commission (PSC), for its 300MW/1,200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
Shifting dynamics in the US’ BESS industry could mean that Chinese batteries are not even needed within the foreseeable future, a local consultant told Energy-Storage.news.