ENGIE selling energy storage and e-mobility solutions subsidiary to Taiwan Cement Corporation
ENGIE has sold its 60.5% stake in stationary storage and e-mobility solutions company ENGIE EPS to Taiwan Cement Corporation (TCC).
Articles tagged with: Microgrid
California utility PG&E launches microgrid scheme for vulnerable communities and critical facilities
Communities at risk of losing their electricity supply in the service area of California utility PG&E when disasters strike are being supported in developing their own microgrids through a new scheme announced by the utility this week.
ENGIE EPS expects energy storage to drive post-COVID rebound in financial performance by 2022
Having previously said that the coronavirus pandemic had badly impacted its financial performance during 2020, a rebound is expected this year and next, ENGIE EPS, the energy storage and e-mobility subsidiary of European utility ENGIE has said.
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Energy security in climate disasters: From Texas’ unheeded lessons to customer-sited reserves
How do electric grids that were state-of-the-art in the 19th Century remain stable and resilient through 21st Century climate disasters and other problems? They don't, says Catherine Von Burg, CEO and co-founder of distributed battery energy storage company SimpliPhi Power - but giving people the power to be independent can be a solution fit for the future.
ROUNDUP: USTDA considers Cameroon microgrids, KORE Power UL9504A, ENGIE California microgrid
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
Long-duration storage: multitude of solutions set to step up to the plate
The drive towards longer duration energy storage will likely be multifaceted, with different technologies finding their place both in front of and behind the meter.
New York utility Con Edison recognises value of home energy storage with new virtual power plant
The CEO of US virtual power plant provider Swell Energy has said that New York utility company Con Edison has been “very progressive” in recognising the value that aggregated home battery systems paired with solar can offer.
ROUNDUP: FlexGen’s next-gen, Sonnen hails Italian VPP success, First microgrid on San Juan Islands
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
Redflow supplying 2MWh of zinc-bromine flow batteries to California bioenergy plant
Australian zinc-bromine flow battery manufacturer Redflow will install 2MWh of its battery storage systems at a waste-to-energy facility in California.
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US government contracts proving the case for batteries: Ameresco Federal Solutions
Energy-storage.news speaks with Ameresco executive VP and general manager, at its Federal Solutions division, Nicole Bulgarino, who tells us about why this type of project can play such a critical role in proving the case for smart energy solutions that include battery storage.
Hitachi ABB Power Grids does virtual power plant and ‘greener coal mine’ projects in Southeast Asia
Hitachi ABB Power Grids will supply battery energy storage and smart controls to Singapore’s first virtual power plant (VPP), on a project aimed at validating methods for integrating more renewable energy onto the city-state’s electricity networks.
Ameresco guarantees that US Navy shipyard’s US$173m microgrid upgrade will pay off
A US Navy shipyard is getting an upgrade to its microgrid system from Ameresco that guarantees reliability and considerable energy savings over the lifetime of the project.
University microgrid simulators fitted out with equipment from Hitachi ABB Power Grids and AEG
Microgrid simulation facilities at universities in Germany and Australia are being supplied with technical solutions by major global power equipment and systems providers AEG Power Solutions and Hitachi ABB Power Grids.
California project to assess long-duration energy storage technologies awarded US$5m grant
A project which will combine and then assess four different types of non-lithium technologies for long-durations of energy storage has been awarded a grant by the California Energy Commission (CEC).
France’s island territories get solar-plus-storage at average price below €100/MWh in latest auction
The cost of solar energy paired with battery storage on France’s island territories has fallen yet again, as the European country awarded contracts to winning bidders in its latest tender process.
Rolls-Royce supplies battery storage to Costa Rican textiles company with four years’ payback
An integrated energy system installed for a textiles company in Costa Rica by Rolls-Royce Power Systems will pay for itself in just over four years, the technology provider has claimed.
Long-duration thermal energy storage startup Azelio wins first commercial order
Update 11 December 2020: Azelio got in touch with Energy-Storage.news to explain the scope of the project, the system order size and its application.
Enel X, EDF projects to show off capabilities, benefits of industrial solar-plus-storage microgrids
Commercial and industrial (C&I) microgrid projects have been awarded to Enel X and EDF Renewables North America in very different settings in the US, both using a combination of solar PV and stationary battery storage to improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and add resilience.
Hybrid solar microgrid for Cambodian holiday island to reduce local dependence on diesel
Singapore-headquartered microgrid company Canopy Power has partnered with Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) to build a hybrid project for a remote resort island in Cambodia that includes 2MWh of battery storage.
Sterling & Wilson working on solar-storage-diesel hybrid in Niger including 11.5MWh ESS
Indian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Sterling and Wilson has partnered with French EPC Vergnet to develop a solar-storage and diesel genset hybrid project in Niger, West Africa.
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Solving California’s energy puzzle: Microgrids, home batteries and power-to-gas
While planning a better future for California’s energy system will take time and lies in the hands of many, many stakeholders from regulators to government to citizens and corporations, here are a few more of the recent moves forwards in clean energy in the state.
Aggreko toasts Australian microgrid completion as interest in decentralised energy ‘skyrockets’
Mobile energy solutions provider Aggreko has completed one of the largest renewable energy microgrids in the world, at the Granny Smith gold mine in Western Australia.
Zinc battery hopeful Eos expands Nigeria microgrid partnership
Eos Energy Storage will deploy a further 2MWh of its zinc battery storage systems across four rural microgrid projects in Nigeria.
COVID-19 hits profitability of ENGIE energy storage subsidiary
ENGIE EPS incurred increases in operating expenses and extraordinary costs due to COVID-19 which “more than offset” an increase in revenues that ENGIE’s energy storage subsidiary earned in the first half of this year.
New York’s first community solar-plus-storage plant to lower participants’ electricity rates 10%
A solar-plus-storage project in New York which has just been completed is the first community project of its type and should help lower electricity costs for participants by 10% for the next 25 years.
ROUNDUP: Patagonia hydro-PV-battery microgrid, Azelio thermal storage for India, Duke picks Wärtsilä
Some news in brief from around the world in energy storage.
Battery systems for microgrids on three continents on the way from Rolls Royce, Fluence, Duke Energy
Microgrid projects on three different continents that include multiple megawatts of battery storage alongside renewable energy have been announced in the past few days from well-known industry players.
Australian gold mine goes 50% renewable-powered with addition of battery storage
A lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) supplied by French manufacturer and system integrator Saft has enabled a gold mine in Australia to meet more than 50% of its energy demand with renewable energy.
Future Grid project puts historic town in centre of Australia at ‘forefront of energy transition’
A series of smart energy projects in the town of Alice Springs in central Australia could be exemplary to the direction of travel for the energy transition across the country if successful.
‘Temporary mobile generation’: PG&E’s 450MW microgrid plan approved
With the continuing threat of wildfires in California, the state’s regulator has approved a plan to deploy distributed microgrids proposed by investor-owned utility (IOU) Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E).