IPP JCM Power and the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) are procuring a feasibility study for a project in Malawi combining a 50MW wind and 100MWh BESS.
Automotive group Mercedes-Benz has inaugurated what it claimed is the first integrated hydrometallurgical facility in Europe for battery recycling in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Another edition of news in brief from the UK, as the National Energy System Operator pledges to improve Balancing Mechanism ‘skip rates’ and a 1GW project gets local authority approval.
Singapore’s government and Energy Market Authority have announced power sector and grid enhancements, including a possible expansion of Southeast Asia’s biggest battery storage plant.
Gridstor, a US-based developer and operator of grid-scale battery storage systems, has kicked off construction of its first project in the Texas ERCOT market.
Aura Power-ib vogt JV, along with Neoen, have recently submitted applications with the Alberta Utilities Commission to construct three projects with a 425MW/1,250MWh cumulative battery storage capacity.
A total of US$17.6 billion was invested in the energy storage industry across 83 announced deals in the first nine months of the year, according to comms and market intelligence firm Mercom.
A roundup of news from Europe, with Alfen and Sermatec deploying BESS projects in Sweden and Bulgaria and new firm terralyr raising €77 million for project development and operation, starting in Germany.
Specialist renewable energy insurance company kWh Analytics considers thermal runaway to still be the single most important risk that energy storage system developers must consider.
World leaders attending COP29 next month have been encouraged to sign a pledge to collectively increase global energy storage capacity to 1,500GW by 2030.
