Chile’s ambitious 561MW PV and 300MW pumped hydro project could begin next year
Financing is being lined up for Chile to deliver a colossal solar-plus-storage installation in the Atacama desert, paving the way for construction to start next year.
Articles tagged with: Pumped Hydro
SaltX aims to compete with pumped hydro’s economics as 10MWh pilot launches
Electrical and heat storage using specially nanocoated salt (NCS) could be economically competitive with pumped hydro, SaltX has said, with a large-scale demonstration facility inaugurated in Berlin, Germany.
New York’s latest Innovation Challenge targets long duration energy storage startups
The development of systems capable of storing over six hours of energy economically is being supported in New York with an Innovation Challenge launched by the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and Urban Future Lab, a cleantech innovation centre.
Cryogenic storage: €1bn JV to take ‘versatile, environmentally friendly’ systems to new territories
Liquid air energy storage (LAES), so far only deployed at scale at two sites in England, will be available in a number of new territories after manufacturer Highview Power signed a deal claimed to be worth €1 billion (US$1.12 billion).
Spanish climate plan mandates 6GW-by-2030 boost for energy storage
Snap poll to decide whether goal to add 3.5GW in pumped storage capacity and 2.5GW in batteries in little longer than a decade becomes hard law.
China plans 6GW of pumped hydro to address solar and wind curtailment issues
China’s State Grid Corporation will build 6GW of pumped hydro storage as part of ongoing efforts to cut rates of wind and solar power curtailment.
Nearly 2GW of new pumped hydro selected by US DOE for study
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it will provide assistance to “techno-economic” studies for two pumped storage hydropower plants, with a combined generation capacity close to 2GW.
South Australia launches AU$50 million fund for grid-scale energy storage
In order to address intermittency in its grid, the South Australian Government has introduced a AU$50 million (US$36 million) Grid Scale Storage Fund (GSSF) to help accelerate the deployment of new large energy storage projects, including pumped hydro, hydrogen, gas storage, solar thermal, bioenergy and battery storage.
Energy minister welcomes New Zealand’s first grid-scale battery storage facility
Minister for Energy Dr Megan Woods attended an event to officially inaugurate the first grid-scale battery energy storage system in New Zealand, hosted by energy retailer and project owner Mercury Energy.
Andhra Pradesh gov’t approves 2.75GW solar-wind-pumped hydro project by Greenko
Hyderabad-headquartered firm Greenko Energies has received state government approval for a huge renewable energy project involving 1GW of solar, 550MW of wind and 1.2GW of pumped energy storage in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Pumped hydro and batteries combine at Engie’s new Bavaria project
An inauguration event was held last week to unveil a new battery energy storage system combined with pumped hydro storage in Bavaria, Germany, after multi-national utility Engie completed work on the project.
ROUNDUP: UK listed fund underwhelms, Pumped hydro could aid Liddell retirement, QOS & DHYBRID
News in brief from around the world of energy storage.
Scottish Power accused of ‘vested interests’ in proposing further de-rating
British vertically-integrated utility Scottish Power has come under scrutiny from the demand side response (DSR) sector after proposing to national regulator Ofgem that de-rating factors applied to large scale battery storage should be extended to those used to provide DSR in the Capacity Market.
South Australia marches on with pumped hydro, PV-plus-storage and commercial microgrid projects
Energy storage in the state of South Australia has continued its prolific pace of development with the announcement of two new grid-scale projects and a sizeable commercial and industrial (C&I) installation.
Dubai eyes potential of 2.5GWh pumped hydro plant for Arabian Gulf
The potential for a 400MW/2,500MWh pumped hydro energy storage site is being investigated in Dubai.
Hydro-redispatch, energy trading trial for New Zealand’s 2MWh Tesla Powerpack
New Zealand’s small handful of advanced energy storage systems will be added to with the NZ$2 million (US$1.45 million) trial deployment of a grid-scale Tesla Powerpack 2 by energy generator and retailer Mercury.
With South Australia gov’t supply deal, ZEN set to become ‘major’ renewables-plus-storage player
Hospitals, schools and railways in South Australia will be powered by an electricity retailer started up by billionaire steel trader Sanjeev Gupta, following the signing of an agreement between the state government and Gupta’s SIMEC ZEN Energy.
BHP identifies 500MW solar, storage and wind opportunity at old US mines
Melbourne-headquartered mining giant BHP, in partnership with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), has projected 500MW of potential capacity combining solar, wind and energy storage at its old North American mining sites.
ZEN’s Sanjeev Gupta spies ‘great future’ in South Australian C&I sector with 1GW plan
ZEN Energy’s newly appointed chairman has said he believes there is a “great future for energy-intensive industries in Australia,” as his company approved a 1GW plan for dispatchable renewables aimed at South Australia’s commercial and industrial sector.
‘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.
Australian studies identify thousands of potential pumped hydro sites
While headlines about energy storage in Australia have been dominated by news of batteries in large-scale utility projects and the residential sector, the country’s government and renewable energy agency have identified numerous possibilities for developing pumped hydro storage assets.
Switzerland gets 7.5MWh PCR energy storage solution from NEC ES
Swiss utility and power distribution company EKZ (Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich) is building a grid-balancing and renewables integrating 18MW / 7.5MWh energy storage system and has appointed NEC Energy Solutions to execute the project.
Genex progresses on funding for Australia’s largest PV and pumped hydro project
Australian energy firm Genex Power has received first-round board approval from the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) for potential debt funding of its 270MW solar PV and 250MW pumped hydro projects, that are part of the Kidston Renewable Energy Hub, in Northern Queensland.
September deadline for San Diego Water Authority’s pumped hydro RFP
Potential developers for a 500MW pumped hydropower energy storage facility at a reservoir in San Diego have until mid-September to respond to a request for proposals (RfP).
POWERCHINA added to ‘strategically important’ Philippines pumped hydro team
A proposed 500MW pumped hydro energy storage facility in the Philippines will be designed and constructed by Power Construction Corporation of China (POWERCHINA), which will also carry out procurement duties.
QOS provides energy management system for pumped hydro and renewables R&D project
O&M analytics software provider QOS Energy has delivered its energy management system to an R&D project run by French aggregator Sun’R Smart Energy’s examining grid integration of renewables using pumped hydro storage.
Dubai Electricity & Water Authority awards 250MW pumped hydro consultancy to EDF
A consultancy contract for a 250MW pumped hydro energy storage plant in Dubai has been awarded to French power company EDF by the emirate’s main public infrastructure company.
San Diego wants 500MW pumped hydro for grid, renewables and to help water company revenues
A 500MW energy storage facility with “5-8 hours” storage duration could be built in San Diego, California, with a local water authority seeking detailed proposals for such a project to support the grid and help integrate renewable energy.
Giant 4,000MWh Li-ion battery storage facility proposed for 800MW PV farm in Queensland
Queensland-based developer SolarQ is planning to build a 350MW(ac) solar plant combined with a ground-breaking 4,000MWh of lithium-ion battery storage in the Gympie Region of Queensland, Australia.
German region to get 200MW pumped hydro in coal mine and flywheel demonstrator
The German state of North-Rhine Westphalia looks set to go ahead with a 200MW pumped hydro energy storage project in a coal mine, as well as a smaller energy storage demonstration project which includes a flywheel from Stornetic.