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Berkeley Lab releases findings from research into solar-storage colocation in the US

April 22, 2022
US national energy laboratory Berkeley Lab has released its top 10 findings from a research programme into renewable projects that pair generation with energy storage, so-called hybrid projects.
Rooftop solar PV at an Amazon 'fulfilment centre' in Europe. Image: Amazon.

Amazon doubles solar-plus-storage portfolio as delivery giant makes fresh 3.5GW renewables investment

April 22, 2022
Amazon has added 37 new renewable energy projects to its portfolio, including two solar-plus-storage plants. 
Battery storage and solar array at Google's Saint-Ghislain data centre complex in Belgium. Image: Google / Centrica Business Solutions.

Google ‘excited’ for potential of battery-based technologies at data centres

April 21, 2022
Google hails project to retrofit data centre with battery storage as a step towards rolling out similar solutions across global fleet.
Total corporate funding into battery storage companies in Q1 2021, Q4 2021 and Q1 2022. Data from Mercom Capital.

Corporate funding into battery storage rose to US$12.9 billion in Q1 2022, Mercom says

April 21, 2022
Battery storage companies raised US$17 billion in corporate funding in 2021 but have raised US$12.9 billion already this year. 
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ROUNDUP: 1MWh of zinc BESS installed at data centre, Invinity bags three ISO certifications and record grid reliability for utility Exelon

April 21, 2022
News in brief from around the world in energy storage, this time from the USA.
Battery storage with four hours' duration such as the one pictured, is largely seen as key for adding firm capacity in much of the US. Image: Vistra Energy.

NREL: Rapid growth of energy storage to enable high shares of renewable energy on US grid

April 19, 2022
Energy storage poised for “rapid growth” in US, with between 130GW to 680GW diurnal storage capable of integrating 80% share of renewables by 2050.
An existing Kontrolmatik production facility in Ankara, Turkey. Image: Kontrolmatik.

Kontrolmatik, Eaton announce energy storage battery and system factories in US and Europe

April 13, 2022
Facilities aimed at making products for the BESS industry announced by Turkey-headquartered Kontrolmatik and Ireland-headquartered Eaton.
Zinc: versatile, abundant and used by various energy storage companies at differing stages of commercialisation. Image: Wikimedia, Hi-Res Images of Chemical Elements.

e-Zinc raises US$25m to begin commercial pilot production of long-duration storage

April 7, 2022
e-Zinc, which claims its zinc metal-based battery technology could provide low-cost, long-duration energy storage has raised US$25 million. 
Domestically headquartered manufacturing startup KORE Power is among those contributing gigawatt-hours of annual production capacity to the US total. Image: Andy Colthorpe / Solar Media.

KORE Power closes Arizona gigafactory site acquisition

April 7, 2022
A 214 acre site which will host a battery cell gigafactory in Arizona, US, has been acquired by KORE Power.
Inside one of Canada's earlier large-scale storage projects: a 1MW/6MWh system using NGK sodium-sulfur (NAS) batteries for utility BC Hydro in Canada, commissioned in 2013. Image: BC Hydro.

Vehicle-to-grid and sodium sulfur batteries win right to provide grid-balancing in Japan

April 7, 2022
Technologies from US V2G solutions company Nuvve and NGK’s sodium sulfur batteries will provide ancillary services and other grid stability applications in Japan. 

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