Former Tesla CTO’s battery materials recycling company announces US$700 million+ investment
Former Tesla battery guru JB Straubel’s materials recycling company Redwood Materials has attracted more than US$700 million in investment.
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Fire hits construction of 300MW Victoria Big Battery in Australia
At least one 3MWh Tesla Megapack battery storage unit being installed at a 300MW / 450MWh site in Victoria, Australia, was shown to be ablaze in pictures posted by a local news outlet this morning.
ROUNDUP: Wärtsilä Bahamas contract, Largo VRFB deal, GE & Calpine 80MWh California project
News in brief from around the world in energy storage.
City of Melbourne aims to deploy 5MW ‘community battery network’ by 2024
The city council of Melbourne, Australia, has committed AU$300,000 from its 2021 budget to fund a pilot scheme which could lead to the rollout of 5MW of community battery storage systems by 2024.
Tesla deployed 1.3GWh of energy storage in Q2 2021 with ‘Megapacks sold out to 2023’
Tesla has reported more than 200% year-on-year increases in both solar and energy storage deployments for the second quarter of this year, during which time the company also produced and delivered more than 200,000 vehicles.
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’.
RWE builds 117MW of battery systems paired with run-of-river hydropower
Updated 27 July 2021: An RWE spokesperson told Energy-Storage.news that the combined capacity of the BESS installations will be 128MWh across the two sites. It was also confirmed that the project will be commercially-oriented, rather than a demonstration of the technology or potential business models.
French grid operator’s ‘software-controlled battery experiment’ begins
A grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) has come online in northeastern France, which will be used by the national transmission grid operator RTE to assess the role of automated electricity storage in managing power flows.
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.
US$156m ENGIE EPS acquisition to create Euro-Asian powerhouse, Taiwan Cement Corporation says
The acquisition of a 60.5% stake in ENGIE EPS by Taiwan Cement Corporation (TCC) was finalised and completed earlier this week.
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VIDEO: Bankable energy storage for the Asia-Pacific region
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Wärtsilä to deliver another 200MWh of battery storage for Pivot Power’s UK ‘Energy Superhubs’
UK-based energy storage investor-developer Pivot Power is to develop 100MW / 200MWh of battery storage split across two sites in the West Midlands region of England in partnership with energy technology provider Wärtsilä.
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.
Siemens and Fluence to build renewables-integrating 100MW/200MWh battery project in Germany
Siemens has signed a letter of intent for the construction of a turnkey 100MW / 200MWh large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in Wunsiedel, northern Bavaria, Germany.
Australian Energy Market Commission adapting for a ‘future increasingly reliant on energy storage’
Recognising the importance of energy storage for decarbonising and securing Australia’s energy system in the coming years, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has published two new sets of market rules.
PODCAST: US polysilicon policy impact, long-duration storage gets real, reality check on climate
The July 2021 episode of the Solar Media Podcast, sponsored by Honeywell, is now available to stream, as we delve into everything you need to know about recent polysilicon trade sanctions in the US.