We hear from utility Eesti Energia about its 25MW/50MWh BESS project in Estonia, including what it hopes to achieve with the project and why it needed a second procurement to launch the project.
Recognition of the role energy storage must play in Europe’s energy transition
has been long overdue. Now that it has arrived, the hard work begins, write Julian Jansen and Lars
Stephan of Fluence.
In the rapidly growing but still relatively new battery energy storage sector,
the procurement and integration of equipment for large projects presents numerous risks. Jared
Spence of IHI Terrasun explores some of the steps developers should follow to reduce exposure.
Fire safety has become a key consideration in the burgeoning battery energy
storage industry. Adam Shinn, Michael Cosgrave and Ross Kiddie report on efforts to mitigate the
risks of thermal runaway and the future of BESS insurance.
REV Renewables and subsidiaries owned by NextEra Energy have reached settlement agreements with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relating to alleged BESS operating violations in CAISO.
Illinois can address its resource adequacy shortfall by replacing the US state’s retiring fossil fuel plants with 2,972MW of energy storage, and without significant transmission upgrades.
Executives at US flow battery manufacturer ESS Inc. have said the company will be able to continue into 2025 and reach a gigawatt-hour of annual production capacity next year.
IPP Arevon has been given the green light for the construction and operation of a standalone 200MW/800MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Los Angeles County, California through the California Environmental Equality Act (CEQA) review process.
Paul Doherty, principal communications executive at PG&E discusses the California utility’s adoption of energy storage and the many roles it plays for the grid.
