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News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
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Investment group Amber Infrastructure set to build 100MWh Tesla Megapack project in UK
Specialist international investment manager Amber Infrastructure Group has reached commercial close on the development of a 50MW/100MWh utility-scale battery energy storage project in Lancashire, a county in northern England.
Rebranded Engie EPS sets post-acquisition energy storage and EV charge installation targets
New HOrizons Ahead (NHOA), the e-mobility and energy storage company formerly known as Engie EPS, has set itself targets to install 1.7GWh of energy storage by 2025 as part of a new strategic ‘Masterplan’.
Long-duration storage mystery revealed: Form Energy discloses details of ‘multi-day battery’ tech
Startup Form Energy has finally made public the battery chemistry behind a technology that the company claims could make challenges of integrating renewable energy a thing of the past and outcompete fossil fuels.
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VIDEO: Bankable energy storage for the Asia-Pacific region
Energy-Storage.news proudly presents this sponsored webinar with Honeywell, where we talk about the potential for battery energy storage across the Asia-Pacific region and how to address concerns around risk and bankability that hold back a powerful wave of decarbonisation opportunity.
Powin Energy supplies battery storage for microgrid in Israel, frequency regulation in Taiwan
Powin Energy has installed battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Israel and Taiwan which, while small by comparison to some of the company’s recent US projects, mark entry into new territories for the Oregon-headquartered system integrator.
Tech partners seek to turn electric school bus batteries into 1GW virtual power plant
Electric school buses in the US could be turned into a virtual power plant (VPP) resource, through a new partnership between student transport supplier Zum Services and artificial intelligence-driven distributed energy software company AutoGrid.
SunPower, sonnen launch ‘solar neighbourhood’ programmes in California and New York
Vertically integrated solar PV company SunPower and residential battery storage provider sonnen have each started up programmes to deploy solar-plus-storage for communities in California and New York respectively.
VRB Energy’s vanadium flow battery to be used as evaluation tool for Chinese government
Vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) manufacturer VRB Energy will supply a 500kWh energy storage system to a Chinese government scientific facility with the potential that it will be used to help develop the country’s decarbonisation policies.
Volkswagen subsidiary MAN Energy Solutions signs up for 250MWh liquid air energy storage project
MAN Energy Solutions, a Volkswagen-owned engineering group perhaps best known for its work with diesel engines, has formally signed a deal to supply turbomachinery for Highview Power’s 50MW / 250MWh liquid air energy storage (LAES) project in the UK.
Tesla setting up ‘solar neighbourhood’ in 10,000 home Texas residential development
Tesla Energy has begun an initiative to install its V3 solar roof tiles and Powerwall 2 residential battery storage systems for what has been dubbed a “solar neighbourhood” at homes in a new development in Austin, Texas.
Long-duration storage startups Malta and Energy Vault partner with Siemens Energy, Enel Green Power
Two startups seeking to disrupt the energy sector with novel long-duration energy storage technologies have formed partnerships with established industry players.
Startup Nostromo targets commercial cooling and air conditioning’s heavy burden on electricity grids
The cooling of commercial and industrial (C&I) buildings accounts for a significant percentage of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), but can instead be turned into “powerful energy assets.”
Vanadium flow battery player VRB gets US$24m investment from Thai renewables company BCPG
Thailand-headquartered renewable energy group BCPG will invest US$24 million into vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) manufacturer VRB Energy, aimed at accelerating VRB’s utility-scale VRFB business.
Amazon invests in ESS battery analytics startup ION Energy
Amazon has invested in India-headquartered battery management software and electronics specialist ION Energy through its US$2 billion fund to support companies with promising sustainability technologies.
Stem Inc dispatched over 500MWh energy during North American heat waves in June
Stem Inc said that its portfolio of aggregated battery energy storage systems was called into action to help balance electricity networks across four different states and provinces in the US and Canada during heat waves in June.