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AES Clean Energy's Lancaster Area Battery, a 127MW/508MWh BESS which has just gone online. Image: AES Clean Energy president Leonardo Moreno via LinkedIn.

California’s fleet of battery storage working to avert energy crisis

September 8, 2022
Energy stored in batteries is being dispatched in large volumes in California as record-breaking hot weather brings crisis.  
A battery storage project deployed for a utility in Indiana to reduce fuel consumption and running time at a fossil fuel plant. Image: FlexGen.

US regional transmission organisation MISO adds electricity storage to market portfolio

September 8, 2022
The US Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) has included energy storage into its market portfolio for the first time.
A render of the Greenport campus where the BESS will be located. Image: Greenpower via Linkedin.

Available Power’s 200MWh BESS at net-zero campus in Texas expected online in 2024

September 8, 2022
A 200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) from developer Available Power at a net-zero technology campus in Texas, US, is expected to be online in mid-2024.
The cover story of PV Tech Power 32 explores how solar projects are being connected to other technologies. Image: Planet Illustration for PV Tech.

PV Tech Power Vol.32 out now: The rise of solar-plus, return of Germany’s large-scale BESS market and more

September 8, 2022
The Q3 2022 edition of our journal PV Tech Power is now available to download, featuring in-depth coverage on the rise of solar-plus.
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AES brings second portion of 908MWh BESS complex in California online

September 8, 2022
Utility and power company AES Corporation has brought the Lancaster Area Battery (LAB), the second portion of a combined 908MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) complex in California, online.
HMS Networks has a range of communications solutions for the battery energy storage system (BESS) market. Image: HMS Networks.
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Resolving Controller Area Network communications problems in large-scale energy storage

September 7, 2022
HMS Networks discusses how it solved issues associated with Controller Area Network communications for a customer in the energy storage space.
Irish Taoseach Micheal Martin (third from right) at the project site. Image: Micheal Martin via Twitter.

Construction starts on 170MWh hybrid energy storage project in Ireland

September 7, 2022
Construction has started on a project in Ireland pairing a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a synchronous condenser, developed by Lumcloon Energy and Hanwha Energy.
Berkeley Lab researchers measuring thermal characterisation of batteries. Image: Berkeley Lab.

US needs to ‘leapfrog’ to next gen technologies for energy storage

September 7, 2022
For the US to create a domestic energy storage industry that can compete globally, it needs to look beyond today’s dominant technologies.
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Scatec and EDF to develop 7GWh pumped hydro plant in Malawi

September 7, 2022
Renewable developer Scatec and energy group EDF have signed a binding agreement with the government of Malawi to develop a hydropower plant with 309MW/7,000MWh of pumped hydro energy storage.
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World Energy Storage Day 2022: What to expect from the global opportunity to connect

September 7, 2022
World Energy Storage Day Chair Dr Rahul Walawalkar on this year’s virtual global conference.

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