Subsidy-free ‘landmark’ UK solar-plus-storage site Clayhill changes hands
Anesco, the developer of a subsidy-free solar farm in England which has onsite battery energy storage, has sold the plant on to hybrid solar solutions company GRIDSERVE.
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Spain’s 2.5GW storage target a positive step but ‘challenging to get there’
It is likely Spain will introduce “important regulatory changes in the coming years” to enable the European country to meet a national target of deploying 2.5GW of energy storage by 2030, analysts at consultancy firm Clean Horizon have said.
ROUNDUP: Rio Tinto seeks Serbia lithium, Shell 759MW wind farm tech trial, NRStor C&I reborn as Aypa
News in brief from around the world of energy storage.
Massachussets policy to decarbonise grid at times of peak demand gets underway
A “first-in-the-nation” policy called the Clean Peak Standard has been launched in Massachusetts, US, whereby a proportion of electricity used on the grid at times of highest demand must be considered ‘clean’.
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Hybrid resources: FERC looking at America’s ‘next wave of opportunity’ for storage
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hosted a technical conference on hybrid resources - pairing storage with generation - examining in order to overcome barriers that exist to the otherwise fastest-growing phenomenon of the grid.
Firefighters injured in APS explosion acted ‘in accordance with best practices’
More up-to-date training could have prevented severe injuries sustained by four firefighters in the April 2019 fire and explosion at battery storage facility in Arizona, according to a report into the incident from UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (UL FSRI).
South Africa’s Eskom opens tender for 80MW / 320MWh battery storage
Eskom, the state-owned electricity utility of South Africa, has begun tendering for a battery energy storage system (BESS) of minimum size and capacity 80MW / 320MWh.
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VIDEO: ‘Beyond Lithium’ case studies and Q&A with tech providers
There's a race to develop new technologies - and adapt existing ones - that can either be complementary to lithium batteries, or even compete with them. Representatives from three technology providers offer up some case studies, data, insights and opinions on where they think the market could go.
NV Energy and EDF sign PPA for Nevada solar plant with 180 MW / 720MWh battery storage
Independent power producer EDF Renewables North America has signed a 22-year power purchase agreement with NV Energy for a 200MWac solar project coupled with a 180MW, four-hour battery storage system.
Australia fast-tracks massive solar-plus-battery project to export power to Singapore
A renewable energy project that could provide up to 20% of Singapore’s electricity needs has been fast tracked by the Australian government.
NextEra, CPS Energy emphasise importance of renewables, battery storage opportunities
US developer and utility NextEra Energy has said there is currently a "terrific opportunity" for wind, solar and battery storage while Texas-based CPS Energy plans to add up to 900MW of solar, 50MW of battery storage and 500MW of new technology solutions to its portfolio.
California utility PG&E breaks ground on 730MWh Moss Landing battery project
California investor-owned utility (IOU) Pacific Gas & Electric has begun work constructing a 182.5MW / 730MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project at a substation in California.
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VIDEO: Making a business case for long duration energy storage, with Dr Imre Gyuk, DoE
Long duration energy storage is “essential” to help accelerate renewable deployment, according to the US Department of Energy’s Dr Imre Gyuk, who moderates this panel discussion with Matt Harper from flow battery provider Invinity Energy Systems and Russ Weed from gravity energy storage company ARES.
Gigafactory startup Northvolt raises US$1.6 billion in debt financing for ‘greenest batteries’
Northvolt has now raised over US$3 billion to support its plans to become a major player in the European battery manufacturing space, including US$1.6 billion in debt financing which it announced today.
Western Australia puts battery storage, solar at heart of economic recovery stimulus package
Western Australia will invest AU$56.3 million (US$40.11 million) in solar power as part of a new renewable energy plan designed to kickstart the state’s economy following the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Green hydrogen, solar and storage: Iberdrola plans ‘Europe’s largest’ industrial facility
Iberdrola is to develop a landmark solar-storage-hydrogen facility in central Spain, professing it to be the largest industrial green hydrogen facility in Europe once complete.
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Realising the transition to green energy, through renewables and the vanadium redox flow battery
While we do acknowledge the challenges faced as a result of COVID-19, we cannot afford to lose sight of the opportunity renewable energy and energy storage solutions, such as the Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) present, argues Paul Vollant, Director of Sales and Trading at vanadium supplier Largo Resources.
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Finding the right role for battery storage in the Middle East
Based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dr Imran Syed is head of industrial power for Enerwhere, designing and implementing hybrid systems that use energy storage. Dr Syed spoke to Andy Colthorpe about some recent project case studies.
Queensland site picked for AU$600m hybrid CSP, thermal storage, PV, battery plant
Australian startup Vast Solar said it has picked a site in Queensland where it could develop a AU$600 million (US$427 million) power plant combining different low emissions technologies to provide baseload power cost-effectively over a 30-year lifetime.
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Kiwi Power: Now’s the time to take ‘decarbonisation-enabling’ VPP platform into North America
Bringing a proven, flexible, virtual power plant (VPP) platform into North America is a step towards “unleashing the potential” of distributed energy, the chief commercial officer of UK-headquartered solutions provider Kiwi Power says.
Geothermal company Ormat buys 80MWh ‘world record’ California energy storage facility
The 20MW / 80MWh Pomona battery energy storage facility, in operation in California since a fast-track process brought it online in partial response to the 2015 Aliso Canyon gas leak, has been bought by Ormat Technologies.
World’s ‘largest behind-the-meter solar project’, with 240MWh battery storage, begins construction
Technology infrastructure company Switch and asset management firm Capital Dynamics have announced the groundbreaking of three developments in Nevada, one of which is claimed to be the largest behind-the-meter solar project in the world.
Tesla in Battery Day teaser as Musk offers snippets on cell supply constraints
Tesla CEO Elon Musk and fellow executives talked up the potential for Tesla Energy to reach “roughly the same size” as the company’s automotive business in an earnings call with analysts held yesterday.
Enel targets 1GW of battery deployment alongside major renewables push
Enel Green Power has broken ground on its first solar-storage hybrid project in the US, setting its sights on deploying 1GW of energy storage over the next two years in the process.
NV Energy’s transmission line-heavy IRP also includes large-scale solar-plus-storage
Public utility NV Energy has announced plans to build three solar parks with battery storage and a large-scale transmission line project in Nevada, as it looks to transform the state’s clean energy landscape.
Guidehouse: Utility-scale energy storage industry ‘blossoming’ in several US states
The US utility-scale energy storage market is projected to maintain its position as the world’s largest and fastest-growing in the coming years, according to a new report from Guidehouse Insights.
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Enabling the grid of the future requires more than one energy storage technology in the toolkit
Energy generation has never been a single technology market and energy storage is no different, says Ed Porter from Invinity Energy Systems.
51MWh vanadium flow battery system ordered for wind farm in northern Japan
Transmission and distribution network operator Hokkaido Electric Power has contracted Sumitomo Electric Industries to supply a grid-scale flow battery energy storage system for a wind farm in northern Japan.
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VIDEO: The future is arbitrage, a deep dive into the merchant model
The investment case for battery energy storage has really come of age and Ben Irons at grid-scale battery optimisation company Habitat Energy explains why, in this webinar and Q&A.
‘Watershed moment in energy transformation’: Industry reacts to FERC Order 841 ruling
FERC Order 841 looks set to allow distributed storage to participate in wholesale markets in the US. Energy-Storage.news has collected a wide range of reactions and views from industry participants on what it means.