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1.29GW of battery storage wins contracts in UK’s T-4 Capacity Market auction

February 23, 2023
The UK’s T-4 Capacity Market auction has cleared in its third round at a record high of more than double the previous record high price.
Tunnelling work at a recently completed hydropower project in Portugal featuring 880MW of PHES. Image: Iberdrola

India’s Ministry of Power issues guidelines for pumped hydro energy storage

February 22, 2023
Ministry of Power has issued guidelines for the adoption of PHES as a key technology for India’s renewable energy ambitions.
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‘Urgent need’ for Australia to invest in long-duration energy storage, says AEMO

February 21, 2023
Australia has an “urgent need” for long-duration energy storage, along with new generation resources and transmission infrastructure.
Inauguration of Ukraine's first grid-scale BESS in 2021. Ukraine joined ENTSO-E as an Observer Member in April 2022. Image: DTEK.

Europe’s transmission grid operators back energy storage in EU Electricity Market Reform consultation

February 20, 2023
Grid operators from across Europe believe energy storage is a vital flexibility resource that should be incentivised.
The four states of vanadium used in electrolyte for VRFBs. Image: Invinity Energy Systems.

Canada’s first commercial vanadium recovery plant gets Emissions Reduction Alberta funding

February 16, 2023
Suncor’s plan to recover vanadium from coke-fired boilers will receive CA$7 million (US$5.2 million) government funding.
Porous sulfur-containing interlayer of a lithium-sulfur cell at Argonne National Laboratory after 500 charge-discharge cycles. Shown is the microstructure and elemental mapping of silicon, oxygen and sulfur. Image: Guiliang Xu/Argonne National Laboratory.

US can capture 60% of value of rising domestic lithium-ion demand by 2030, DOE-led study says

February 16, 2023
Recommendations for how the US can double its lithium battery revenues have been published by Department of Energy’s Li-Bridge partnership.
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UK T-1 Capacity Market battery storage contract awards up 63% to 627MW

February 15, 2023
Battery storage projects totalling 627MW were awarded contracts in the UK’s 2023-24 Capacity Market auction which concluded yesterday (14 February), nearly a two-thirds jump on last year’s.
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World Bank: South Africa could ‘play significant role’ in global battery value chain by 2030

February 15, 2023
South Africa could play a big role in the global battery value chain with the potential for 10-15GWh of domestic demand for battery energy storage by 2030, according to a report from the World Bank.
Rendering of Oneida, the 250MW/1,000MWh project on which NRStor is among development partners. Image: NRStor.

Government backing, key agreements in place for 250MW/1,000MWh Ontario BESS

February 14, 2023
Multiple steps forward have been taken in Ontario in the development of Canada’s largest battery storage project to date.
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South Africa government to issue RFP for 513MW of battery storage

February 14, 2023
The government of South Africa will soon issue a request for proposals (RFP) for 513MW of battery storage.

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