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GE partners with UK developer Arenko for largest battery to date
GE has formed a strategic alliance with UK energy infrastructure company Arenko to develop grid scale batteries in the UK, starting with a 41MW system in the Midlands.
‘World’s tallest’ wind turbine gets 70MWh of pumped storage near Stuttgart
The world’s tallest wind turbine to date, under construction at a German wind farm, will be paired with 70MWh of pumped hydro energy storage onsite.
Microsoft, GE extend partnership with wind turbine-plus-storage project in Ireland
Microsoft is going to be the off-taker of power from a 37MW wind power project in Europe, trialling the use of integrated battery energy storage to trade the energy.
GE at ‘very early stages’ of developing Mexico’s first energy storage systems
General Electric (GE) is developing Mexico’s first ever grid-scale energy storage projects to aid with the integration of wind and solar into electricity networks.
California battery’s black start capability hailed as ‘major accomplishment in the energy industry’
A utility in Southern California has successfully demonstrated the use of a battery energy storage system to provide a ‘black start’, firing up a combined cycle gas turbine from an idle state.
GE, Southern California Edison unveil ‘world’s first’ battery-gas turbine hybrid system
GE and utility Southern California Edison (SCE) unveiled the world’s first battery-gas turbine hybrid system this week in Norwalk, California.
GE, Southern California Edison introduce first battery storage & gas turbine hybrid system
GE and Southern California Edison (SCE) announced last week that they plan to install the world’s first battery storage and gas turbine hybrid.
RES sets sights on top spot after stellar showing in Navigant ESSI league table
Renewable Energy Systems ranks alongside US firm AES at the top of a new leader-board of energy storage systems integrators; its two new National Grid contracts will see it top the table, it says.
US-backed study to investigate energy storage and renewables integration in India
The potential for integrating energy storage, wind and solar energy in India is to be investigated under a new US-backed study, which will help India design its future grid.
GE combines solar, storage and energy efficiency with startup company Current
Multinational conglomerate corporation GE has announced Current, a new energy company that combines GE’s LED, solar, energy storage and electric vehicle businesses with its Predix platform to single out and provide cost-effective and efficient energy solutions to customers.
New storage interconnection rules yield Italy’s first solar-smoothing plant
Plans by Italy’s grid operator to allow for the interconnection of energy storage to the network have resulted in the country’s first grid-connected solar-smoothing storage facility being inaugurated.
GE-invested UK liquid air storage demonstrator project gets underway
Highview Power Storage, a UK company which makes energy storage systems based on liquid air technology, has said that work is well underway on a 5MW demonstration project in the north-west of England.
GE delivers its largest storage project to date
GE has provided its largest storage system to date, a 30MW for Coachella energy Storage Partners (CESP).
GE storage venture another nail in coffin of ‘wild west’ industry behaviour
GE’s intention to move into the energy storage industry is a further sign that the sector is maturing, a leading analyst has said.