Ingeteam to supply 50MWh battery storage system at 539MW wind farm in Scotland
ScottishPower Renewables has unveiled the supplier of a 50MWh battery to go in alongside its Whitelee wind farm.
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This week's roundup comes once again from the pages of our UK sister sites, where there's been plenty of action.
Solar farm fitted with batteries to meet grid output control requirements goes online in Japan
One of the first large-scale solar farms in Japan so far to be equipped with battery storage in order to meet the requirements of a local grid operator and utility, has been completed on the island of Hokkaido.
Fluence ‘reveals’ 500+MW contracted portfolio in unnamed Southeast Asia territory
Fluence has announced that it has been contracted to deliver a large tranche of projects in Southeast Asia, but has agreed with its customer not to reveal yet which country they will be located in.
Intelligent storage can add 50% to solar project revenues in Massachusetts, Stem says
Adding well-optimised energy storage to solar PV projects in the US state of Massachusetts can increase project revenues by up to 50%, Stem Inc has claimed, as the energy storage provider announced the completion of a front-of-meter solar project with 8MWh of storage.
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Highview’s 250MWh liquid air battery gets £10m UK gov’t grant, kicks off construction this year
The UK government's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced a £10 million (US$12.44 million) grant to help construct the world's largest liquid air battery.
Newcomer Broad Reach Power to deploy increasingly large battery systems in Texas
US-based independent power producer (IPP) Broad Reach Power has said it will build 15 projects in Texas in 2020, each of them just under 10MW / 10MWh, with construction on six of them set to begin this summer.
French island territory Reunion’s latest solar-plus-storage project completed at sports stadium
Solar-plus-storage projects on France’s overseas territories are on course to add around 200MWh to global battery storage deployment figures, with the latest power plant just completed by independent renewable energy producer Albioma.
Alberta Utilities Commission approves solar-plus-storage project as ‘in the public interest’
A solar and battery storage project combining 13.5MW of solar PV generation with 8MW / 8MWh of batteries in rural Alberta, Canada, has been approved by the local provincial regulator, the Alberta Utilities Commission.
Illionis, Virginia wind farms add 72MWh of battery storage for PJM frequency regulation market
Technology provider Sinexcel has announced the successful commissioning of a 72MWh pair of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery energy storage projects in Illinois and West Virginia in the US, to deliver frequency regulation services to the PJM Interconnection service area.
COVID-19: UK listed fund Gore Street halts all construction of new assets
UK stock exchange-listed dedicated energy storage fund has suspended all construction on assets currently in the works as it also announces the completion of the 10MW Lower Road project in southern England.
‘Landmark’ 100MW UK battery project could see 50MW extension
A 100MW UK energy storage site being developed in England by Penso Power looks set to get a 50MW expansion.
Kruger Energy commissions ‘multiple revenue’ commercial energy storage VPP in New York
Kruger Energy said that along with smart software and technology solutions company Peak Power, it has deployed three commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage projects into a behind-the-meter virtual power plant (VPP).
New York’s race to the top: Ares, Dimension developing 1200MWh ESS portfolio
Ares Infrastructure and Power has signed off on a partnership with Dimension Renewable Energy that will see both parties build and develop a portfolio of utility-scale battery energy storage projects in the state of New York.
Innogy to deploy 60MW grid-scale battery storage system in Ireland
Germany-headquartered renewable energy generation company Innogy will construct its first battery storage facility in Ireland.
New York City’s biggest: Enel X connects grid-scale battery storage in Brooklyn
A 4.8MW/16.4MWh battery energy storage system supporting the local grid of utility Con Edison in Brooklyn, New York, has begun operation.
Renewables developer Fotowatio begins global battery adventure with 15MWh UK project
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, a developer of renewables with 1.9GW of projects to its name, has announced its first grid-scale battery project as it embarks on a global energy storage push.
After luxury resorts, Singapore’s Canopy Power see diverse industries embracing microgrids
A Singapore-headquartered start-up which recently completed microgrid projects including solar and battery energy storage, for luxury resorts in South East Asia, says it wants to take the tech and its concepts into a number of other sectors.
Slovenia’s ESS pioneer NGEN sees opportunity from grid-scale to far beyond
Officially inaugurated a few weeks ago in Slovenia, the first Tesla Powerpack installation in the Balkans took just a few months from April to August to construct, the company behind the project has said.
Fossil fuel plant in England will get 250MWh liquid air energy storage makeover from Highview Power
UK liquid air energy storage (LAES) start-up Highview Power said its first ever 250MWh ‘Cryobattery’ installation will be placed at the site of a decommissioned thermal power plant in the North of England and could be Europe’s largest 'battery' system when completed.
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‘Only’ 20MW, but New York’s biggest battery project shows how to make it, there
“With no large-scale batteries participating in the wholesale market in New York, the first day we turned the battery on it was exciting to see if all our internal models were correct in how the battery would behave,” KCE's COO Dan Fitzgerald told us.
Hornsdale developer Neon’s proposed hybrid projects for Australia get bigger and bigger
Neoen, the French developer which partnered with Tesla on the 129MWh large-scale battery at Hornsdale Wind Farm, South Australia, wants to build an energy superpark in the state that comprises 1.2GW of wind, 600MW of solar and 800MW of battery storage capacity.
Africa’s ‘largest off-grid solar hybrid’ goes online at Nigerian University BUK
The latest project to be switched on in Nigeria’s solar electrification programme for universities is also thought to be the largest ‘hybrid’ plant of its kind on the African continent so far, inaugurated this week at Bayero University Kano (BUK).
Ameren to develop 30MW of solar-plus-storage in rural Missouri
Ameren Missouri is planning three grid-scale solar facilities with energy storage, reportedly marking the first ever instance of an energy company in the US Mid-West state powering its customers’ homes with batteries.
‘One generation to end fossil fuels’: BMW supplies batteries to big Dutch hybrid renewables plant
European energy company Vattenfall is combining a 22MW wind power plant with 38MW of solar PV at a hybrid project in the Netherlands, integrating the capacity with 12MWh of batteries from carmaker BMW.
‘No-brainer’: Bermuda’s 10MW ESS helps reliability, lowers costs
Installing a 10MW battery system in Bermuda was a “no-brainer” from both an economic and technical standpoint, one of the engineers at Bermuda utility BELCO has told Energy-Storage.news.
Exide’s Portuguese lead acid battery factory to be powered by its own PV-plus-storage
Portugal’s EDP has inked a deal for its largest PV project to date, a 3.8MWp solar-plus-storage duo it will develop for lead acid battery and storage system maker Exide Technologies.
Arkansas utility contracts NextEra to build 100MW PV project with 30MW storage
NextEra Resources will build a 100MW solar farm for Arkansas utility Entergy Arkansas, to include 30MW of battery energy storage, as Entergy seeks to build out solar capacity in the state.
Statkraft’s latest 1GW virtual power plant in the UK combines renewables, storage, gas
Statkraft has partnered with energy & meteo systems to launch a 1GW wind, solar and battery storage virtual power plant in the UK, which it says will further renewables’ penetration into the country’s energy market.